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 (on research leave 8/2021-7/2023). 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
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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Common Good and Self-Interest in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy
Haara, H. & Toivanen, J., 2023, (Accepted/In press) Cham : Springer International Publishing AG. (New Synthese Historical Library )Research output: Book/Report › Anthology or special issue › Scientific › peer-review
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Introduction: On the Conflict between Individual and Common Good
Toivanen, J. & Haara, H., 2023, (Accepted/In press) Self-Interest and Common Good in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy . Haara, H. & Toivanen, J. (eds.). Cham : Springer International Publishing AGResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Pufendorf's Revaluation of Hobbes's Friend-Enemy Distinction and the Law of War
Haara, H., 2023, (Accepted/In press) Pufendorf's International Political and Legal Thought. Schröder, P. (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, (The History and Theory of International Law ).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Review of Simon P. Kennedy, Reforming the Law of Nature: The Secularisation of Political Thought 1523-1689
Haara, H., 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: History of European Ideas.Research output: Contribution to journal › Literature review (scientific)
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Self-Interest and Common Good in Post-Hobbesian Natural Law
Haara, H., 2023, (Accepted/In press) Self-Interest and Common Good in Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy . Haara, H. & Toivanen, J. (eds.). Cham : Springer International Publishing AGResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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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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Workshop on vice, sin, and sociability in early modern moral and political thought
Heikki Haara (Speaker: Presenter)
11 Apr 2022 → 12 Apr 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Johann Heinrich Gottlob Justi (1717–1771)und die politische Ökonomie der Aufklärung
Heikki Haara (Speaker: Chair)
17 Jun 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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de Gruyter (Publisher)
Heikki Haara (Reviewer)
2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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History of Political Thought (Journal)
Heikki Haara (Reviewer)
2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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In Search of the Common Good: The Sixth Biannual Conference European Society for the History of Political Thought
Heikki Haara (Member of organizing committee)
25 Aug 2022 → 26 Aug 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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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