Henriikka
@hhenriikka.bsky.social
ein überfordertes Subjekt | postdoc @UNIGE | interested in philosophy of history & history of philosophy | she/her
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A friendly reminder: Tomorrow (30.10, 16h/17h, Central European/Finnish time), @hhenriikka.bsky.social will give the talk "Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework" in our joint research seminar. More info and the Zoom-link: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ex....
All welcome!
All welcome!
Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework
Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework
www.oulu.fi
October 29, 2025 at 7:29 AM
A friendly reminder: Tomorrow (30.10, 16h/17h, Central European/Finnish time), @hhenriikka.bsky.social will give the talk "Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework" in our joint research seminar. More info and the Zoom-link: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ex....
All welcome!
All welcome!
It is a truth universally acknowledged that if an academic sets out to finally concentrate on writing for a few hours somewhere nearby loud roadworks must commence.
October 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
It is a truth universally acknowledged that if an academic sets out to finally concentrate on writing for a few hours somewhere nearby loud roadworks must commence.
In a week, I’ll be referencing Dilthey, Ranke, Burckhardt, Heidegger, Troeltsch and Benjamin, all in one talk! From historical contemplation as existential consolation to history as a source of existential Angst. Do join!
After Marilynn Johnson's talk this Thursday, our research seminar will already continue next week (30.10) with @hhenriikka.bsky.social's online talk "Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework". More info and the Zoom link: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ex....
All welcome!
All welcome!
Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework
Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework
www.oulu.fi
October 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
In a week, I’ll be referencing Dilthey, Ranke, Burckhardt, Heidegger, Troeltsch and Benjamin, all in one talk! From historical contemplation as existential consolation to history as a source of existential Angst. Do join!
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That's right! There's one talk this Thursday (23.10) and one talk next Thursday (30.10, both 17h Finnish time) in our research seminar. Come and join us for both if you can!
After Marilynn Johnson's talk this Thursday, our research seminar will already continue next week (30.10) with @hhenriikka.bsky.social's online talk "Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework". More info and the Zoom link: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ex....
All welcome!
All welcome!
Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework
Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework
www.oulu.fi
October 20, 2025 at 10:29 AM
That's right! There's one talk this Thursday (23.10) and one talk next Thursday (30.10, both 17h Finnish time) in our research seminar. Come and join us for both if you can!
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After Marilynn Johnson's talk this Thursday, our research seminar will already continue next week (30.10) with @hhenriikka.bsky.social's online talk "Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework". More info and the Zoom link: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ex....
All welcome!
All welcome!
Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework
Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework
www.oulu.fi
October 20, 2025 at 10:26 AM
After Marilynn Johnson's talk this Thursday, our research seminar will already continue next week (30.10) with @hhenriikka.bsky.social's online talk "Existential Historicism: The Rise and Fall of a Sense-Making Framework". More info and the Zoom link: www.oulu.fi/en/events/ex....
All welcome!
All welcome!
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I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.
October 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.
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Celebrating the publication of Charlotte Brontë's novel, Jane Eyre (1847).
“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
“Do you think I am an automaton? — a machine without feelings?"
#English #Literature #film
“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
“Do you think I am an automaton? — a machine without feelings?"
#English #Literature #film
October 16, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Celebrating the publication of Charlotte Brontë's novel, Jane Eyre (1847).
“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
“Do you think I am an automaton? — a machine without feelings?"
#English #Literature #film
“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
“Do you think I am an automaton? — a machine without feelings?"
#English #Literature #film
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monday again is it
October 13, 2025 at 8:24 AM
monday again is it
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This @yalereview.bsky.social Krasznahorkai short story is a nice entry point for anyone curious about the new Nobel Laureate
yalereview.org/article/kras...
yalereview.org/article/kras...
László Krasznahorkai: “An Angel Passed Above Us”
A short story by László Krasznahorkai: “I’m open to anything, he said, pushing the AK-74 a bit farther away and reaching under his bulletproof vest to…
yalereview.org
October 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This @yalereview.bsky.social Krasznahorkai short story is a nice entry point for anyone curious about the new Nobel Laureate
yalereview.org/article/kras...
yalereview.org/article/kras...
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I have a lot of thoughts about Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl but even more about the discourse about the album! Why are people so worked up? Read my thoughts!
When Intimate Publics Shift: Understanding the Discourse around Taylor Swift's New Album thereluctantamericanist.com/2025/10/06/w...
When Intimate Publics Shift: Understanding the Discourse around Taylor Swift's New Album thereluctantamericanist.com/2025/10/06/w...
When Intimate Publics Shift: Understanding the Discourse around Taylor Swift’s New Album
As those who know me well (or, even those who have been around me for any length of time) know, I’m a Swiftie. And I was excited for The Life of a Showgirl like everyone else. I stayed up to …
thereluctantamericanist.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I have a lot of thoughts about Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl but even more about the discourse about the album! Why are people so worked up? Read my thoughts!
When Intimate Publics Shift: Understanding the Discourse around Taylor Swift's New Album thereluctantamericanist.com/2025/10/06/w...
When Intimate Publics Shift: Understanding the Discourse around Taylor Swift's New Album thereluctantamericanist.com/2025/10/06/w...
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Very cool to see this! Aviezer Tucker and I just spoke about Schlick's idea of non-territorial states at a conference. More generally, this political theory is also known as panarchy; see: www.routledge.com/Panarchy-Pol....
And we are working on an English translation of Schlick's text.
And we are working on an English translation of Schlick's text.
October 1, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Very cool to see this! Aviezer Tucker and I just spoke about Schlick's idea of non-territorial states at a conference. More generally, this political theory is also known as panarchy; see: www.routledge.com/Panarchy-Pol....
And we are working on an English translation of Schlick's text.
And we are working on an English translation of Schlick's text.
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I'm calm, I'm calm, I'm perfectly calm.
Indifferent to tensions and shocks.
Indifferent to tensions and shocks.
September 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I'm calm, I'm calm, I'm perfectly calm.
Indifferent to tensions and shocks.
Indifferent to tensions and shocks.
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We proudly present the autumn edition of PHO2, the research seminar on the philosophy of history that we run together with @cpshoulu.bsky.social. From October to January, we will have 5 talks. More information below and then also closer to the individual dates. All welcome and save the dates!
September 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
We proudly present the autumn edition of PHO2, the research seminar on the philosophy of history that we run together with @cpshoulu.bsky.social. From October to January, we will have 5 talks. More information below and then also closer to the individual dates. All welcome and save the dates!
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Very happy to have been part of this project. I wrote the entry on Universal History, see: philpapers.org/rec/GANUHS. Come and join us on September 30 to celebrate the publication of The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Philosophy of the Historical Sciences and Big History, either online or in person!
September 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Very happy to have been part of this project. I wrote the entry on Universal History, see: philpapers.org/rec/GANUHS. Come and join us on September 30 to celebrate the publication of The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Philosophy of the Historical Sciences and Big History, either online or in person!
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the thrust of the idea (minus the platonic stuff) was, to me, very reminiscent of zadie smith's wonderful essay 'joy', specifically the climactic paragraph (but it is very much worth reading in full)
www.are.na/block/13912203
www.are.na/block/13912203
September 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
the thrust of the idea (minus the platonic stuff) was, to me, very reminiscent of zadie smith's wonderful essay 'joy', specifically the climactic paragraph (but it is very much worth reading in full)
www.are.na/block/13912203
www.are.na/block/13912203
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I cycle back and forth between theories explaining fascism, on one end are complex philosophical and sociological theories with a long historical and intellectual tail and on the other end it’s ’they’re resentful idiots that want to kill everyone different from them’
September 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I cycle back and forth between theories explaining fascism, on one end are complex philosophical and sociological theories with a long historical and intellectual tail and on the other end it’s ’they’re resentful idiots that want to kill everyone different from them’
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Simply miserable time trying to get into writing headspace today, so I wrote down some rules for brutally pragmatic drafting. There is space for more -- what should go on here?
August 19, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Simply miserable time trying to get into writing headspace today, so I wrote down some rules for brutally pragmatic drafting. There is space for more -- what should go on here?
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Hivemind what are classic (philosophical) histories of early positivism (Comte, Mill, Mach)?
August 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Hivemind what are classic (philosophical) histories of early positivism (Comte, Mill, Mach)?
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Sickening. Shameful. And in the end, useless.
Those were the words that came to mind when we watched the Alaska Summit unfold.
Those were the words that came to mind when we watched the Alaska Summit unfold.
Editorial: That meeting was sickening. Putin loved it
Sickening. Shameful. And in the end, useless.
Those were the words that came to mind when we watched the Alaska Summit unfold.
On our screens, a blood-soaked dictator and war criminal received a roy...
kyivindependent.com
August 16, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Sickening. Shameful. And in the end, useless.
Those were the words that came to mind when we watched the Alaska Summit unfold.
Those were the words that came to mind when we watched the Alaska Summit unfold.
Back to my comfort zone (19th c. sadbois)
"I now see that the aim of life is to bear existence as best one can, and to try to do as much as possible for others. I have given up all thought of high endeavour and every sort of ambition (believe it or not)."
Jacob Burckhardt, letter from 1838
"I now see that the aim of life is to bear existence as best one can, and to try to do as much as possible for others. I have given up all thought of high endeavour and every sort of ambition (believe it or not)."
Jacob Burckhardt, letter from 1838
August 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Back to my comfort zone (19th c. sadbois)
"I now see that the aim of life is to bear existence as best one can, and to try to do as much as possible for others. I have given up all thought of high endeavour and every sort of ambition (believe it or not)."
Jacob Burckhardt, letter from 1838
"I now see that the aim of life is to bear existence as best one can, and to try to do as much as possible for others. I have given up all thought of high endeavour and every sort of ambition (believe it or not)."
Jacob Burckhardt, letter from 1838
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Never ask postdocs what they'll be doing next year, that's considered terribly offensive in their culture.
August 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Never ask postdocs what they'll be doing next year, that's considered terribly offensive in their culture.
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Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
August 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
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"reverence is concurrently both the virtue that Nietzsche uses to distinguish between people and determine their ultimate value and the virtue that allows the different types and ranks to accomplish together an aesthetic unity that can be called a culture"
Project MUSE - Nietzsche the Philosopher of Reverence
muse.jhu.edu
July 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"reverence is concurrently both the virtue that Nietzsche uses to distinguish between people and determine their ultimate value and the virtue that allows the different types and ranks to accomplish together an aesthetic unity that can be called a culture"
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how it feels to be asked about your research
July 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
how it feels to be asked about your research