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!

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Intention for 2025 in stamps.

Clearing my desk at the end of the semester. Not metaphorically.

Short time lurker, first time poster: an introduction seems appropriate. Hi! I’m a Danish philosopher and intellectual historian living in Rotterdam. I work mostly on German philosophy, critical theory, and the historiography of philosophy.

Danish Marxism adjacent.
Scrupulous note taker.