Mikkel Flohr
@mflohr.bsky.social
I work on social and political theory, history of ideas, & historical sociology. Postdoc and lecturer at Roskilde Uni. He/him. Skeets=personal opinion/objective truth≠employer. Danish Marxism. 🇵🇸 Homepage: mikkelflohr.com
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Mikkel Flohr
@mflohr.bsky.social
· Nov 18
With the influx of new people on here, it makes sense to reintroduce myself. My name is Mikkel Flohr and I am currently working on a book on Marx’s critique of political theology and co-editing a special issue of Political Theology on “Marx and Revolution.”
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Mikkel Flohr, The Political Economy of Ideas: Historical Materialism and the History of Ideas
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The Political Economy of Ideas: Historical Materialism and the History of Ideas
by Mikkel Flohr
This think piece is part of the forum “The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History”
www.jhiblog.org
September 26, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Mikkel Flohr, The Political Economy of Ideas: Historical Materialism and the History of Ideas
www.jhiblog.org/2025/09/15/t...
www.jhiblog.org/2025/09/15/t...
Great to be part of the brilliant panel on “Critique and Method” at the @histmat.bsky.social london 2025 conference with Anna Beria, Svenja Bromberg, and Silvestre Gristina, chaired by Kaan Kangal
November 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Great to be part of the brilliant panel on “Critique and Method” at the @histmat.bsky.social london 2025 conference with Anna Beria, Svenja Bromberg, and Silvestre Gristina, chaired by Kaan Kangal
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Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
I edited a book "Danish Marxism: Past, Present, Future" that was released at the tenth annual conference of @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social a few weeks ago. It celebrates 10 years of critical research presented at the conferences and can be downloaded for free here marxistiskestudier.com/wp-content/u...
October 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I edited a book "Danish Marxism: Past, Present, Future" that was released at the tenth annual conference of @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social a few weeks ago. It celebrates 10 years of critical research presented at the conferences and can be downloaded for free here marxistiskestudier.com/wp-content/u...
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The freshest research is hitting the oldest university next week!
October 23, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The freshest research is hitting the oldest university next week!
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Back from Aarhus and feeling the post conference blues, staring out of the window into the gloomy grey yonder of October rain, wondering how you can get some more of that sweet sweet Danish Marxism?
Don’t worry fam we got you 😘👇
Don’t worry fam we got you 😘👇
🚨Publication alert🚨“Sovereignty, State of Exception, and the Politics of the Pandemic: Where is Agamben Now?” is out in Thesis Eleven. It forms part of my @carlsbergfondet.dk funded research project "Repoliticizing the Exception: Towards a Political Theory of the Exception" doi.org/10.1177/0725...
October 22, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Back from Aarhus and feeling the post conference blues, staring out of the window into the gloomy grey yonder of October rain, wondering how you can get some more of that sweet sweet Danish Marxism?
Don’t worry fam we got you 😘👇
Don’t worry fam we got you 😘👇
🚨Publication alert🚨“Sovereignty, State of Exception, and the Politics of the Pandemic: Where is Agamben Now?” is out in Thesis Eleven. It forms part of my @carlsbergfondet.dk funded research project "Repoliticizing the Exception: Towards a Political Theory of the Exception" doi.org/10.1177/0725...
October 22, 2025 at 6:31 AM
🚨Publication alert🚨“Sovereignty, State of Exception, and the Politics of the Pandemic: Where is Agamben Now?” is out in Thesis Eleven. It forms part of my @carlsbergfondet.dk funded research project "Repoliticizing the Exception: Towards a Political Theory of the Exception" doi.org/10.1177/0725...
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Aftonbladet's interview with Greta Thunberg is now available in English - it raises many serious questions, not least about the Swedish govt. effectively abandoning its citizens to torture because it doesn't agree with their politics. A thundering disgrace.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”
– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar
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October 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Aftonbladet's interview with Greta Thunberg is now available in English - it raises many serious questions, not least about the Swedish govt. effectively abandoning its citizens to torture because it doesn't agree with their politics. A thundering disgrace.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...
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Great talk, great moves, 10/10, Danish marxism recommend @brosef-stalin.bsky.social
October 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Great talk, great moves, 10/10, Danish marxism recommend @brosef-stalin.bsky.social
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THANK YOU 💕💕
Our 10th conference is done and dusted and we couldn’t be happier. A huge thank you from the organisers to everyone who presented, listened, discussed, laughed, and raged about the state derivation debate 🫶
Keep an eye on our channels for information about next year’s conference!!
Our 10th conference is done and dusted and we couldn’t be happier. A huge thank you from the organisers to everyone who presented, listened, discussed, laughed, and raged about the state derivation debate 🫶
Keep an eye on our channels for information about next year’s conference!!
October 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
THANK YOU 💕💕
Our 10th conference is done and dusted and we couldn’t be happier. A huge thank you from the organisers to everyone who presented, listened, discussed, laughed, and raged about the state derivation debate 🫶
Keep an eye on our channels for information about next year’s conference!!
Our 10th conference is done and dusted and we couldn’t be happier. A huge thank you from the organisers to everyone who presented, listened, discussed, laughed, and raged about the state derivation debate 🫶
Keep an eye on our channels for information about next year’s conference!!
The second keynote of the tenth annual conference of the Danish Society for Marxist Studies @brosef-stalin.bsky.social "Abolish Capital: Disrupting the Laws of Motion" @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The second keynote of the tenth annual conference of the Danish Society for Marxist Studies @brosef-stalin.bsky.social "Abolish Capital: Disrupting the Laws of Motion" @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social
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Day two of the conference is underway with great panels on transformative futures and on critical aesthetics 🤩
October 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Day two of the conference is underway with great panels on transformative futures and on critical aesthetics 🤩
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BREAKING 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.
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.
October 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
BREAKING 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.
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.
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And we are underway! Our 10th (can you believe it!) annual conference kicks off today with brilliant panels and heated coffee break discussions as well as a brilliant keynote on insurgent utopianism by @genderhorizon.com!
Old friends, new comrades, and lots of lovely radical scholarship 🥰
Old friends, new comrades, and lots of lovely radical scholarship 🥰
October 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
And we are underway! Our 10th (can you believe it!) annual conference kicks off today with brilliant panels and heated coffee break discussions as well as a brilliant keynote on insurgent utopianism by @genderhorizon.com!
Old friends, new comrades, and lots of lovely radical scholarship 🥰
Old friends, new comrades, and lots of lovely radical scholarship 🥰
First panel of the @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social tenth annual conference on “Marx and History” with contributions from @magnusz.bsky.social @lottelist.bsky.social anf myself, chaired by @brunoleipold.com and with great comments and questions from the highly engaged audience
October 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
First panel of the @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social tenth annual conference on “Marx and History” with contributions from @magnusz.bsky.social @lottelist.bsky.social anf myself, chaired by @brunoleipold.com and with great comments and questions from the highly engaged audience
The tenth annual conference of the Danish Society of Marxist Studies is on. Two days of brilliant panels and presentations, more than a hundred participants and two amazing keynote speakers, starting with @genderhorizon.com "Insurgent Care and the Utopian Horizon" @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The tenth annual conference of the Danish Society of Marxist Studies is on. Two days of brilliant panels and presentations, more than a hundred participants and two amazing keynote speakers, starting with @genderhorizon.com "Insurgent Care and the Utopian Horizon" @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social
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Comrades!
The team behind SMS are looking so much forward to welcome all conference attendees in Aarhus this friday!💕💕💕
It is going to be two days of intense discussions, amazing presentations and ✨great company✨
The team behind SMS are looking so much forward to welcome all conference attendees in Aarhus this friday!💕💕💕
It is going to be two days of intense discussions, amazing presentations and ✨great company✨
October 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Comrades!
The team behind SMS are looking so much forward to welcome all conference attendees in Aarhus this friday!💕💕💕
It is going to be two days of intense discussions, amazing presentations and ✨great company✨
The team behind SMS are looking so much forward to welcome all conference attendees in Aarhus this friday!💕💕💕
It is going to be two days of intense discussions, amazing presentations and ✨great company✨
Me and a bunch of brilliant colleagues got an op-ed responding to the recent political attacks on Roskilde University in the Danish newspaper Politiken today.
October 8, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Me and a bunch of brilliant colleagues got an op-ed responding to the recent political attacks on Roskilde University in the Danish newspaper Politiken today.
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For further reflections on liberal democracy's ambivalent relationship to the freedom of assembly, consult me and @bpoppmadsen.bsky.social's recent article "Three Concepts of Freedom of Assembly: Liberal, Associative, Radical"
October 7, 2025 at 6:21 AM
For further reflections on liberal democracy's ambivalent relationship to the freedom of assembly, consult me and @bpoppmadsen.bsky.social's recent article "Three Concepts of Freedom of Assembly: Liberal, Associative, Radical"
Last chance to register for the tenth annual conference of the Danish Society for Marxist Studies next week in Aarhus. Don't miss out.
October 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Last chance to register for the tenth annual conference of the Danish Society for Marxist Studies next week in Aarhus. Don't miss out.
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Israeli forces intercept and board several boats that were part of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to deliver aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to camera footage from the group.
October 2, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Israeli forces intercept and board several boats that were part of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to deliver aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to camera footage from the group.
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Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.
Israel seems to be intercepting right now.
All eyes needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
Israel seems to be intercepting right now.
All eyes needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA
YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.
Israel seems to be intercepting right now.
All eyes needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
Israel seems to be intercepting right now.
All eyes needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...