Marie Louise Krogh
Assistant Professor of Continental Philosophy at Leiden University. Working on ‘The Empire of German Idealism’. As one does.
- ‘Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate.’ (Said, 2003) was the epigraph to my syllabus on empire. Might have to replace it with the title of the piece it is taken from… 1/2
- ‘Blind Imperial Arrogance’ 2/2
- Reposted by Marie Louise KroghThis selection of essays and interviews reflects the wide range of scholarship published on the blog in 2025.
- What am I doing this evening? I’m glad you asked. Living room staging of a Berta Lask play! In case anyone wants to copy the idea, you can find it in Sam Dolbear‘s translation here: www.rabrab.net/titles/muntzer
- End of year Marxist Aesthetics volume!
- Just published… Tobias Dias, @routhier.bsky.social, and I have edited a special issue of the Nordic Journal of Aesthetics on ‘Marxist Aesthetics’ with a suite of excellent contributions by Hannah Black, Mikkel Bolt, Tobias Dias, Tobias Ertl, E.C. Feiss, Jackqueline Frost, Seb B. Grossmann …
- Reposted by Marie Louise KroghJust published… Tobias Dias, @routhier.bsky.social, and I have edited a special issue of the Nordic Journal of Aesthetics on ‘Marxist Aesthetics’ with a suite of excellent contributions by Hannah Black, Mikkel Bolt, Tobias Dias, Tobias Ertl, E.C. Feiss, Jackqueline Frost, Seb B. Grossmann …
- Reposted by Marie Louise KroghVery happy to have contributed this little think piece for the wonderful JHI forum on political economy in intellectual history!
- Watched ‘after the hunt’. Was worth it for these.
- New article, long in the making. On Alexander von Humboldt’s critique of natural-historical concepts of race and his diagnosis of a politics of racialised difference leveraged in the colonies. I try to say: there are good reasons to look beyond Kant! doi.org/10.1177/0191...
- Reposted by Marie Louise KroghBREAKING NEWS 📕🚨 We are happy and proud to announce the publication of an edited anthology titled Danish Marxism: Past, Present, Future (Problema, 2025). The book celebrates 10 years of organising by bringing 6 reflective pieces together with CfPs and abstracts from all our conferences.
- Do you or anyone you know work on African philosophy? A job (!) has come up in my department. Happy to talk about it if you are curious. It’s a lovely place to work with a pretty special BA in Global and Comparative Philosophy. Please share widely!
- Are you dying to know if Hegel hated ersatz coffee? Then boy do I have the piece for you. Very happy to be part of the JHI blog forum on political economy in intellectual history!
- Reposted by Marie Louise KroghOfficially marking the first of many pieces in the Blog's forum "The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History," Mikkel Flohr offers a novel reading of Marx's historical materialism for a "political economy of ideas." @mflohr.bsky.social
- Reposted by Marie Louise KroghThe Netherlands is a lovely place! The cities are charming and walkable, the people friendly and honest, the food is often sufficient for typical calorific needs.
- New issue of RP is out! As always, it’s a mix of different formats and there are some really great pieces in this edition. Find it out all open access here. Below a quick overview and my special recommendation for Gillian Rose nerds! 1/3
- Check out: an interview with Sophie Lewis; Anselmetti on Ghassan Kanafani; Z. el Nabolsy’s obituary for Paulin Hountondji; articles by F.T.C. Manning on real abstraction and E. Baglioni on reproductive subsumption; a commentary by F. Renz on the UK supreme court and what it means to be a woman!
- And 40 years after Peter Osborne published his now (in)famous review of Rose’s Hegel contra Sociology in RP, R. L. Scott has written a really interesting piece on what her phenomenology of necessary illusion brings to critical theory today. Enjoy your August reading!
- Reposted by Marie Louise KroghDeadline for submission is next week! See the full call here: eventi.unibo.it/historical-t...
- Reposted by Marie Louise KroghJamila Mascat, a friend and a great Hegelian thinker, is organizing this on the 9th of May in Amsterdam. Venez nombreux! www.spui25.nl/programma/th...
- Some great pieces in the new RP! I recently joined the editorial collective and look forward to working on the next issue. Long live independent open access journals and philosophy that is more than merely academic!
- RP2.18: New issue out now! Sita Balani on culture wars Verónica Gago on the 'fascistisation of social reproduction' Sophie Lewis on 'fag hags' Bill Cashmore on the closure of CRMEP Dossier on the life and work of Marina Vishmidt radicalphilosophy.com
- Reposted by Marie Louise KroghJust some random (Marxist (Obviously)) thoughts about the whole tariffs thing: A lot of people seem to be approaching this as if capitalism is generally a harmonious happy system in which (pace Ricardo) if trade is just left alone then everyone benefits because the ‘economic’ logic bears out.
- Reposted by Marie Louise KroghNo hygge and no deadline extensions!
- Reposted by Marie Louise Krogh❗🚨KEYNOTE ANNOUNCEMENT🚨❗ All the rumors are true! Our first keynote speaker for this year's conference is none other than M.E.O’Brien😍 O'Brien writes and speaks on capitalism, gender freedom and family abolition!🔥
- Reposted by Marie Louise KroghRealized I should mention this here—the collection of Lise Vogel’s essays I’ve been working on for the past two years. Lots of hard to find & out of print stuff, it tells the story of 50 years of Marxism & Feminism. “The Contested Domain” out this November w/ Pluto! www.amazon.com/Contested-Do...
- Kingston University plans to abolish the CRMEP. Don’t let them. Please read this open letter from current students and support their efforts whichever way you can! www.e-flux.com/notes/658933... 1/3
- The closure of the CRMEP would be a huge loss for philosophy and critical theory but also for those who simply believe in the value of social critique in world where authoritarianism and neoliberal restructurings are rampant. My time at the centre was formative: an institutional home for fellow 2/3
- students, comrades, and teachers who were passionate for philosophy as a living endeavour to grapple with the political world we live in, the actuality of philosophical traditions, and what philosophy can become when it doesn’t shut itself in behind disciplinary walls. Let’s fight to keep that! 3/3
- Reposted by Marie Louise KroghSad to learn that Anson Rabinbach has passed away. His work In the Shadow of Catastrophe and contributions on fascism and anti-fascism (such as his essay on The Brown Book, below) have left an indelible mark on me over the years.
- Intention for 2025 in stamps.
- Reposted by Marie Louise Krogha short thread of Nicolas Cage resembling various philosophers 1. Spinoza
- Reposted by Marie Louise KroghMore Danish Marxism: On Sunday, December 22, 1974, an action began in the department store Magasin, where a so-called Santa Claus army handed out free gifts from the store's goods to visitors. (1/2)
- Reposted by Marie Louise KroghI still can’t believe we made it: The recent Oxford Handbook to Nineteenth-Century Women Philosophers in the German Tradition presents such solid scholarship from the 30 contributors. (Somewhat) color-synchronized with Women Philosophers in the Nineteenth Century. #philsky #artsky #feminism
- Clearing my desk at the end of the semester. Not metaphorically.
- Reposted by Marie Louise KroghHappening today! Join us for Hegel and Colonialism with @schlawinerkreis.bsky.social @franzknappik.bsky.social Karen Ng and Jamila Mascat, hosted by @asaenzdesicilia.bsky.social Can post- and neo-Hegelian critical theory “save Hegel from himself”? 🗓️ 16 Dec | 7 PM UK Register now: bit.ly/3BpXxL7
- Reposted by Marie Louise KroghI was preparing to pitch an op-ed on the nationwide protests calling for President Yoon's resignation, aiming to provide global context amid the limited international coverage. Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy
- Reposted by Marie Louise KroghI'm at the National Assembly building. The army is here. And I just saw two soldiers in fatigues getting pushed around by belligerent ajusshis. and they looked legit scared.
