Jessica X. Zu

 Jessica X. Zu is the author of Just Awakening: Yogācāra Social Philosophy in Modern China. Her research uncovers surprising ways that ancient Buddhist processual philosophy was reinvented by marginalized groups to transform the self, seek justice, build community, and change the world.  Her next book-length project, Liberation Buddhology and its Elite Capture: Views from Santiniketan, investigates the philosophical innovations that undergirded many Buddhist anti-colonial, anti-caste, and pro-democracy movements across Asia and their later appropriation into nationalist projects.