Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Heikki Haara is a University Lecturer of Political History in the Faculty of Social Sciences. His research interest has principally been early modern moral and political thought. Previously, he has been a visiting fellow at the universities of California, Berkeley and Oxford and Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies. He has published articles in journals, such as Journal of the History of Ideas, Political Theory, British Journal for the History of Philosophy and Journal of Scottish Philosophy. He is the author of Pufendorf’s Theory of Sociability: Passions, Habits and Social Order (Springer, 2018) and the co-editor of Rights at Margins: Historical, Philosophical and Legal Perspectives (Brill, 2020) and Passions, Politics and the Limits of Society (de Gruyter, 2020). He is also the editor-in chief of the book series Helsinki Yearbook of Intellectual History (de Gruyter)
Research interests:
- History of modern political thought
- Sociability
- Natural law as political philosophy
- Toleration and recognition
- Political friendship and enmity
Fields of Science
- 5201 Political History
- 5171 Political Science
- 615 History and Archaeology
- 611 Philosophy
- 614 Theology
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications
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Anticlerical legacies: the deistic reception of Thomas Hobbes 1670–1740 by Elad Carmel, Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2024 [Book Review]
Haara, H., May 2024, In: History of European Ideas. 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review (scientific)
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Common Good and Self-Interest in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy
Haara, H. (ed.) & Toivanen, J. (ed.), Apr 2024, Cham: Springer. 286 p. (The New Synthese Historical Library; vol. 78)Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or special issue › Scientific › peer-review
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Esteem and Sociality in Pufendorf's Natural Law Theory
Haara, H. & Saastamoinen, K., Mar 2024, In: British Journal for the History of Philosophy. 32, 2, p. 265-283 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Freedom of the Will and the Passions in Pufendorf’s Action Theory
Haara, H., Feb 2024, Varieties of Voluntarism in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy. Schierbaum, S. & Müller, J. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 180-198 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Introduction: On the Conflict between Common Good and Individual Good
Toivanen, J. & Haara, H., Apr 2024, Common Good and Self-Interest in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy . Haara, H. & Toivanen, J. (eds.). Cham: Springer, p. 1-14 14 p. (The New Synthese Historical Library; vol. 78).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Projects
- 5 Finished
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Arvostuksen halu ja sosiaalisuus 1600-luvun poliittisessa ajattelussa
01/01/2021 → 31/12/2023
Project: Research project
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At the Frontiers of Humanity: Extreme Necessity in the History of Ethics, Law and Politics, 300–1600; Ihmisyyden rajalla: Äärimmäinen hätä etiikan, lain ja politiikan historiassa, 300–1600
Mäkinen, V., Palmén, R., Toiviainen Rø, S., Posti, M. & Haara, H.
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2024
Project: Research project
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Centre of Excellence in Reason and Religious Recognition Research
Saarinen, R., Mäkinen, V., Dunderberg, I., Pihlström, S., Kukkonen, T., Appelqvist, H., Haara, H., Hakola, R., Heimola, M., Hellqvist, E., Hietamäki, M., Huttunen, N., Kahlos, M., Koskinen, H. J., Kaukua, J., Lehtipuu, O., Luomanen, P., Mattila, J., McKeown, P. I., Koistinen, T., Kovalainen, H., Kärkkäinen, P., Miroshnikov, I., Moisio, O., Paakkinen, I., Palmén, R., Riggs, T., Ruotsala, A., Salminen, J., Savonius-Wroth, S., Toivanen, J., Rafael, A., Tuominen, M., Visala, A., Tervahauta-Helin, U. K., Pöykkö, P., Yli-Karjanmaa, S., Faucher, N., Toiviainen Rø, S., Posti, M., Rauhala, M., Alanko, V., Launonen, L. & Gehlin, S.
01/01/2014 → 31/12/2019
Project: Research project
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Natural Rights and Needs in Medieval and Early Modern Politics (RIGHT)
Mäkinen, V., Varkemaa, J., Posti, M., Paakkinen, I., Tolonen, M., Haara, H., Slotte, P., Decock, W. & Robinson, J.
01/09/2012 → 31/08/2015
Project: Research project
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Centre of Excellence in Philosophical Psychology, Morality, and Politics (PMP)
Knuuttila, S., Varkemaa, J., Ahonen, M., Grahn, M., Perälä, M., Holopainen, T., Holopainen, T., Palmén, R., Saarinen, R., Kärkkäinen, P., Lehmijoki-Gardner, M., Vainio, O., Koivuniemi, M., Karimies, I., Mäkinen, V., Aho, T., Kaitaro, T., Korkman, P., Reuter, M., Saastamoinen, K., Savonius-Wroth, S., Lemetti, J., Roinila, M., Tolonen, M., Paakkinen, I., Paukkonen, V. & Haara, H.
01/01/2008 → 31/12/2013
Project: Research project
Activities
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Seventeenth Century (Journal)
Heikki Haara (Reviewer)
2024 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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History of Philosophy Research Seminar
Heikki Haara (Speaker: Presenter)
15 Mar 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Revival Bash: "Rethinking intellectual history I: Feminism and the history of ideas"
Heikki Haara (Member of organizing committee)
5 Apr 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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British Journal for the History of Philosophy (Journal)
Heikki Haara (Reviewer)
2024 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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British Journal for the History of Philosophy (Journal)
Heikki Haara (Reviewer)
2024 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Press/Media
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Haastattelu: Venäjän suurlähetystön edessä on kyltti, joka summaa monen tunnot
08/03/2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Osallistuja, Yle 1/Horisontti, Ottaako suvaitsevaisuus takapakkia Euroopassa?
26/05/2019
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Haastattelu: Uusi julkaisu auttaa ymmärtämään erimielisiäkin ihmisten ja ryhmien välisiä suhteita
26/09/2017
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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