Jussi Backman
Jussi Backman | |
|---|---|
| Education | |
| Education | University of Helsinki (PhD) · Université de Nice – Sophia Antipolis (DEA) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Institutions | University of Helsinki |
Main interests | History of philosophy, conceptual history, metaphysics, ontology, political theory, phenomenology, philosophical hermeneutics, philosophy of religion, philosophy of art |
| Website | https://helsinki.academia.edu/JussiBackman |
Jussi Backman is a Finnish philosopher and Senior Research Fellow at the Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki. His work spans twentieth-century philosophy (especially the work of Martin Heidegger and Hannah Arendt), the history of philosophy (especially the Presocratics and Aristotle), metaphysics, phenomenology, philosophical hermeneutics, poststructuralism, and the conceptual history of politics and life.[1][2]
Backman completed a DEA (Diplôme d'études approfondies) degree at Université Nice—Sophia Antipolis in 2003[3] and a Ph.D. in theoretical philosophy at the University of Helsinki in 2010 with a dissertation on Heidegger and Parmenides.[4] Since 2013, he holds the title of Docent in theoretical philosophy at the University of Helsinki and the title of Docent in philosophy at the University of Jyväskylä. He has worked as Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Helsinki (2010–2012), as Senior Lecturer and Academy of Finland Research Fellow at the University of Jyväskylä (2012–2023)[5], and as Senior Research Fellow at the Tampere Institute for Advanced Study, Tampere University (2023–2026).[6]
Since 2023, Backman is a member of the executive committee of the Nordic Society for Phenomenology.
Books and edited volumes
[edit]- Complicated Presence: Heidegger and the Postmetaphysical Unity of Being (State University of New York Press, 2015)[7][8][9]
- Omaisuus ja elämä: Heidegger ja Aristoteles kreikkalaisen ontologian rajalla (Eurooppalaisen filosofian seura, 2005)[10]
- Biopolitics and Ancient Thought (edited with Antonio Cimino; Oxford University Press, 2022)[11][12][13][14]
- Conservative Dispositions in Continental Thought (Research topic, Frontiers in Political Science, edited with Pedro T. Magalhães, 2022)[15]
- Thinking Contemporary Art with Heidegger (Special issue of Journal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology, edited with Harri Mäcklin and Raine Vasquez, 2017)[16]
- Heidegger: Ajattelun aiheita (edited with Miika Luoto; Eurooppalaisen filosofian seura, 2006)[17]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Jussi Backman". University of Helsinki Research Portal. Retrieved 2026-10-16.
- ↑ "Jussi Backman Resume/CV | University of Helsinki, Faculty of Theology, Faculty Member". helsinki.academia.edu. Retrieved 2026-10-16.
- ↑ Backman, Jussi (2003). Energeia: Aristote, Heidegger et l’occasion manquée de la métaphysique (D.E.A. thesis).
- ↑ Backman, Jussi (2009). "Complicated Presence: The Unity of Being in Parmenides and Heidegger". helda.helsinki.fi. Retrieved 2026-10-16.
- ↑ "Jussi Backman - Research portal - Converis - University of Jyväskylä". converis.jyu.fi. Retrieved 2026-10-16.
- ↑ "Research Fellows 2023-2025 & 2023-2026 | Tampere Institute for Advanced Study | Tampere Universities". Tampere Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved 2026-10-16.
- ↑ Backman, Jussi (2015-03-16). Complicated Presence: Heidegger and the Postmetaphysical Unity of Being. State University of New York Press. doi:10.2307/jj.18253616. ISBN 978-1-4384-5650-8.
- ↑ Massie, Pascal; The Heidegger Circle (2019). "Jussi Backman, Complicated Presence: Heidegger and the Postmetaphysical Unity of Being:". Gatherings: The Heidegger Circle Annual. 9: 192–201. doi:10.5840/gatherings201999. ISSN 2165-3275.
- ↑ Bowler, Michael (2017-01-16). "Review of Complicated Presence: Heidegger and the Postmetaphysical Unity of Being". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. ISSN 1538-1617.
- ↑ Backman, Jussi (2005). "Omaisuus ja elämä: Heidegger ja Aristoteles kreikkalaisen ontologian rajalla". helda.helsinki.fi. Retrieved 2026-10-16.
- ↑ Backman, Jussi; Cimino, Antonio, eds. (2022-03-24). Biopolitics and Ancient Thought. Oxford University PressOxford. doi:10.1093/oso/9780192847102.001.0001. ISBN 0-19-284710-4.
- ↑ Gerolemou, Maria (2025). "Jussi Backman, Antonio Cimino (eds.): Biopolitics and Ancient Thought". Gnomon. 97 (3): 454–459. doi:10.17104/0017-1417-2025-3-454. ISSN 0017-1417.
- ↑ Schliephake, Christopher (2025-06-02). "Jussi Backman / Antonio Cimino, Biopolitics and Ancient Thought. Oxford, Oxford University Press 2022". Historische Zeitschrift. 320 (3): 699–701. doi:10.1515/hzhz-2025-1119. ISSN 2196-680X.
- ↑ Thaning, Morten S. (2023-12-29). "Jussi Backman and Antonio Cimino (ed.), Biopolitics and Ancient Thought. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022. Pp. 240.: ISBN: 978-0-19-284710-2". Foucault Studies. 35: 243–250. doi:10.22439/fs.i35.7083. ISSN 1832-5203.
- ↑ "Conservative Dispositions in Continental Thought". www.frontiersin.org. Retrieved 2026-10-16.
- ↑ "Journal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology". Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 2026-10-16.
- ↑ "Heidegger – Ajattelun aiheita". netn.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2026-10-16.
