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Article about ecology in Mongabay

My colleague at the Museum of Natural History, Anthony Schultz, was the lead author of this commentary piece, which summarizes discussions we have all been having at the museum. Biodiversity conservation needs a more ecological context and transformational concept Halting … Continue reading

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Missing the Felt Sense: When Correct Political Arguments Go Wrong

I have a chapter in the forthcoming (april 2023) book The Psychology and Philosophy of Eugene Gendlin: Making Sense of Contemporary Experience. The chapter is called "Missing the Felt Sense: When Correct Political Arguments Go Wrong" and is about contemporary … Continue reading

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An article in Stundin about trees and thinking

I have this article in Stundin which is some thoughts about planting trees and thinking like trees, our relations to nature and landscapes, and other things:  Játningar villutrúarmanns: Svar við grein Bene­dikts Erl­ings­son­ar: „Þurf­um að hætta að um­bylta nátt­úr­unni, en … Continue reading

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Book chapter: Selfish Genes, Evil Nature: The Christian Echoes in Neo-Atheism

I have a chapter in this book that is coming out soon (some time in 2021) on Rowman & Littlefield: Unchaining Solidarity and Mutual Aid Reflections on Anarchism with Catherine Malabou Edited by Catherine Malabou Considering solidarity and mutual aid … Continue reading

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Article: On Refugees and Abjection in Austurvöllur

Emotions like disgust, or in psychoanalytic terms, abjection, is a well-known reaction to people crossing borders. What we in so-called Western societies, believed to be built on universal human rights, need to come to terms with is that the abject … Continue reading

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Article: The Corona Virus as a Crisis for Political Philosophy

Read in English on Medium The Corona Virus is also a Crisis for Political Philosophy Philosophical Reflections on State Responses to the Corona Crisis: From Iceland to Denmark. Neither Carl Schmitt, Giorgio Agamben or Thomas Hobbes can help us in … Continue reading

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Paper: Climate Disruption, Political Stability, and Collective Imagination

Radical Philosophy Review Volume 23, number 2 (2020): 331–360 DOI: 10.5840/radphilrev2020324108 Abstract: Many fear that climate change will lead to the collapse of civilization. I argue both that this is unlikely and that the fear is potentially harmful. Using examples … Continue reading

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Book Chapter on Local Antifascism

"Lokalsamfundet sagde stop i Langeskov" ("Community said 'Enough' in Langeskov), chapter in the book At Knuse Fascismen (To Crush Fascism), 2012 (ISBN: 978-87-995569-0-8).  

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Book Chapter: "Globalization from Below"

"Globalisering fra neden" (Globalization from Below"), chapter in Finn Rasmussen og Bettina Ringsing (eds): Vælt dagsordenen: kampagnen som politisk murbrækker, Informations Forlag 2002 (republished as e-book 2013). NB. I wrote this chapter under my past surname, Poulsen.

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