Elin D. Huckerby
@elinhuckerby.bsky.social
Postdoc, Uni of Bergen, Norway, working on personal and political agency in Brexlit.
Worked as an engineer for years prior to this. Quit, studied literature, ended up doing a PhD on Richard Rorty at Cambridge.
I commute by catamaran across a fjord.
Worked as an engineer for years prior to this. Quit, studied literature, ended up doing a PhD on Richard Rorty at Cambridge.
I commute by catamaran across a fjord.
Our book is out!
Solidarity in Contingency: Rorty's Constructive Project contains seven chapters, each grappling with how Rorty's later philosophy might serve as a resource for addressing current democratic and cultural problems.
Thank you to the amazing team at @openbookpublish.bsky.social !
Solidarity in Contingency: Rorty's Constructive Project contains seven chapters, each grappling with how Rorty's later philosophy might serve as a resource for addressing current democratic and cultural problems.
Thank you to the amazing team at @openbookpublish.bsky.social !
OUT NOW: 'Solidarity in Contingency: Rorty’s Constructive Project' by Elin D. Huckerby & Marianne Janack explores how pragmatism helps us reimagine philosophy as a cultural practice—one grounded not in timeless truths, but in shared hopes, vocabularies, and democratic cooperation.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Our book is out!
Solidarity in Contingency: Rorty's Constructive Project contains seven chapters, each grappling with how Rorty's later philosophy might serve as a resource for addressing current democratic and cultural problems.
Thank you to the amazing team at @openbookpublish.bsky.social !
Solidarity in Contingency: Rorty's Constructive Project contains seven chapters, each grappling with how Rorty's later philosophy might serve as a resource for addressing current democratic and cultural problems.
Thank you to the amazing team at @openbookpublish.bsky.social !
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If your economy is humming along but the news for your lifetime, as far back as you can remember, has been punctuated by disasters, wars, acts of violence, and acts of extraction maybe that sound, the background to your life, hasn't been a hum so much as a chewing-grinding swallowing-gnashing.
June 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
If your economy is humming along but the news for your lifetime, as far back as you can remember, has been punctuated by disasters, wars, acts of violence, and acts of extraction maybe that sound, the background to your life, hasn't been a hum so much as a chewing-grinding swallowing-gnashing.
One reason Zelensky was attacked for what he was wearing is that clothes-shaming it's something these men do to women.
It's to code him as feminine, weak, emotional, unfit as a leader (as not Rational; see also "don't tell us how to feel", and Kremlin praising Trump for being the reasonable part)
It's to code him as feminine, weak, emotional, unfit as a leader (as not Rational; see also "don't tell us how to feel", and Kremlin praising Trump for being the reasonable part)
March 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
One reason Zelensky was attacked for what he was wearing is that clothes-shaming it's something these men do to women.
It's to code him as feminine, weak, emotional, unfit as a leader (as not Rational; see also "don't tell us how to feel", and Kremlin praising Trump for being the reasonable part)
It's to code him as feminine, weak, emotional, unfit as a leader (as not Rational; see also "don't tell us how to feel", and Kremlin praising Trump for being the reasonable part)
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November 26, 2024 at 7:17 AM
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Great thread.
"For the angry people, the EU is the burial place of Britain as a great power; a daily reminder of loss."
"For the angry people, the EU is the burial place of Britain as a great power; a daily reminder of loss."
A hypothesis on what was wrong with UK/EU relations:
The shape & meaning of the EU/EEC and of UK-EU relations were and are in the eye of the beholder.
While this is true to some extent for life in general, the EU and UK/EU relationship went further in this regard. Thread.... /1
The shape & meaning of the EU/EEC and of UK-EU relations were and are in the eye of the beholder.
While this is true to some extent for life in general, the EU and UK/EU relationship went further in this regard. Thread.... /1
November 25, 2024 at 6:18 AM
Great thread.
"For the angry people, the EU is the burial place of Britain as a great power; a daily reminder of loss."
"For the angry people, the EU is the burial place of Britain as a great power; a daily reminder of loss."
This 🧵
I don't see the battle as between republicans and democrats but between two ideas of where safety and belonging comes from. Do you try to feel safe and accepted by dominating or by participating in mutual relationships?
November 20, 2024 at 1:54 PM
This 🧵
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As with climate change I imagine the truth when it comes to our democracy lies somewhere between "all is lost" and "everything is fine", and it's good to ask who wants you to believe either of those de-activating extremes.
November 19, 2024 at 12:59 PM
As with climate change I imagine the truth when it comes to our democracy lies somewhere between "all is lost" and "everything is fine", and it's good to ask who wants you to believe either of those de-activating extremes.
I like to think of "pack" less like "package" and more like "pack of wolves". Chuffed to be included in the pragmatist pack (squad? troop? crew? crowd? A pride of pragmatist? The group name for squirrels is a "scurry", so that must be it 🐿️)
November 19, 2024 at 3:18 PM
I like to think of "pack" less like "package" and more like "pack of wolves". Chuffed to be included in the pragmatist pack (squad? troop? crew? crowd? A pride of pragmatist? The group name for squirrels is a "scurry", so that must be it 🐿️)
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🚨 New issue alert!
C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century Writings just released an Ali Smith Special Issue! Guest-edited by Agnes Andeweg and Jesse van Amelsvoort. Dive in here: c21.openlibhums.org/issue/901/info
C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century Writings just released an Ali Smith Special Issue! Guest-edited by Agnes Andeweg and Jesse van Amelsvoort. Dive in here: c21.openlibhums.org/issue/901/info
C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century Writings |
Issue: Issue: 2(11) Ali Smith Special Issue Autumn 2024 (2024)
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November 11, 2024 at 12:32 PM
🚨 New issue alert!
C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century Writings just released an Ali Smith Special Issue! Guest-edited by Agnes Andeweg and Jesse van Amelsvoort. Dive in here: c21.openlibhums.org/issue/901/info
C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century Writings just released an Ali Smith Special Issue! Guest-edited by Agnes Andeweg and Jesse van Amelsvoort. Dive in here: c21.openlibhums.org/issue/901/info
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Systems thinking says: focus both on immediate events and on the long-term future. I wrote about 5 good investments for the long-term no matter what happens next:
✅ cultivate connections
✅ prioritize health
✅ invest in equity
✅ slow down
✅ learn
www.commondreams.org...
✅ cultivate connections
✅ prioritize health
✅ invest in equity
✅ slow down
✅ learn
www.commondreams.org...
5 ‘No-Regrets’ Actions for Tumultuous Times | Common Dreams
In the shadow of uncertainty, let’s invest in the actions that enable us to both cope with crises and step into opportunities.
www.commondreams.org
November 4, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Systems thinking says: focus both on immediate events and on the long-term future. I wrote about 5 good investments for the long-term no matter what happens next:
✅ cultivate connections
✅ prioritize health
✅ invest in equity
✅ slow down
✅ learn
www.commondreams.org...
✅ cultivate connections
✅ prioritize health
✅ invest in equity
✅ slow down
✅ learn
www.commondreams.org...
I've thought about multisolving easily once a week since I encountered the concept and Dr Sawin's work (so for at least a couple of years). So many situations now prompt "omg we/they should be multisolving this!".
Cannot wait to read and share the book!
Cannot wait to read and share the book!
Tomorrow, I'm doing my first interview on Multisolving (the book). As a warm-up, if you reply w/questions re the book or multisolving, I'll try to answer today. You get answers, I get practice! #AMA More on the book at this link: islandpress.org/book...
October 3, 2024 at 3:01 PM
I've thought about multisolving easily once a week since I encountered the concept and Dr Sawin's work (so for at least a couple of years). So many situations now prompt "omg we/they should be multisolving this!".
Cannot wait to read and share the book!
Cannot wait to read and share the book!
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Thought for the day: We can't avoid discontinuity. The more discontinuity we can accept of ideas, assumptions, and power structures, the less discontinuity of lives, bridges, food supplies, ecosystems, etc.
September 30, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Thought for the day: We can't avoid discontinuity. The more discontinuity we can accept of ideas, assumptions, and power structures, the less discontinuity of lives, bridges, food supplies, ecosystems, etc.
What a mindblowing term to be teaching American Literature and Culture for the first time
Students discuss different answers to "What is an American?" The final lecture and exam are after the election.
Don't think I've ever taught a more open-ended course
Students discuss different answers to "What is an American?" The final lecture and exam are after the election.
Don't think I've ever taught a more open-ended course
August 20, 2024 at 7:20 AM
What a mindblowing term to be teaching American Literature and Culture for the first time
Students discuss different answers to "What is an American?" The final lecture and exam are after the election.
Don't think I've ever taught a more open-ended course
Students discuss different answers to "What is an American?" The final lecture and exam are after the election.
Don't think I've ever taught a more open-ended course