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Odin Lysaker

Odin Lysaker

Professor

Department of Religion, Philosophy and History >

 

+47 38 14 22 83

+47 976 76 556

Office:
E1028B ( Universitetsveien 25, Kristiansand )

Appointments

  • Professor of Ethics, University of Agder (2016–).
  • Associate Professor of Ethics, University of Agder (2011–2016).

Education

  • PhD in Philosophy, University of Oslo (2011).

Research Projects

  • WAIT (Waiting for an Uncertain Future: The Temporalities of Irregular Migration (2017–2020); funded by the Research Council of Norway's SAMKUL program; led by Professor Christine M. Jacobsen, University of Bergen.
  • Reason and Affect in Divided Societies: The Nordic Case (2017-2018); funded by NOS-HS (The Joint Committee for Nordic Research Councils in the Humanities and Social Sciences); led by Professor Lars Tønder, University of Copenhagen.
  • NECORE (Negotiating Values: Collective Identities and Resilience in Post-Terror Norway) (2013–2017); funded by the Research Council of Norway's SAMKUL program, and led by Research Professor Henrik Syse, PRIO (Peace Research Institute Oslo)
  • CULCOM (Cultural Complexity in the New Norway) (2006–2010); strategic research program funded by the University of Oslo; led by Professor Thomas Hylland Eriksen.

Interests

  • Moral Philosophy - e.g., human dignity; environmental ethics.
  • Political Philosophy - e.g., migration; human rights; free speech; green democracy.
  • Social Philosophy - e.g., recogniton.

Teaching

  • Ethics.
  • Conflict and Reconciliation.
  • Research method.
  • Religion and Gender.
  • Human rights.

Selected Publications (in English)

Journal Articles

Ecological Sensibility: Recovering Axel Honneth’s Philosophy of Nature in the Age of Climate Crisis, in: Critical Horizons: A Journal of Philosophy and Social Theory, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 205–221, 2020.

Miracles in Dark Times: Hannah Arendt and Refugees as 'Vanguard' (with Cindy Horst), in: Journal of Refugee Studies (online first 2019, forthcoming 2020).

Institutional Agonism: Axel Honneth's Radical Democracy, in: Critical Horizon: A Journal of Philosophy and Social Theory, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 1–19, 2017.

The Dignity in Free Speech: Civility Norms in Post-Terror Societies (with Henrik Syse), in: Nordic Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 104–123, 2016.

Book Chapters

Dignity in Natality: Hannah Arendt on Human Rights in Dark Times. In Jakob Lothe (ed.): Research and Human Rights. Novus Press, 2020.

Ecological Love: Reflections on Morality's Existential Preconditions. In: Odin Lysaker (ed.): Between Closeness and Evil: A Festschrift for Arne Johan Vetlesen. Scandinavian Academic Press, 2020.

Nowhere Home: The Waiting of Vulnerable Child Refugees, in: Margareta Dancus, Maria Karlsson, and Mats Hyvönen (eds.) Vulnerability in Scandinavian Art and Culture. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.

Democratic Disagreement and Embodied Dignity: The Moral Grammar of Political Conflicts, in: Lysaker, Odin and Jonas Jakobsen (eds.): Recognition and Freedom: Axel Honneth's Political Thought. Leiden: Brill, 2015.

Humanity in Times of Crisis: Hannah Arendt's Political Existentialism, in: Fløistad, Guttorm (ed.): Philosophy of Justice: Contemporary Philosophy. Dodrecht: Springer Verlag, 2014.

Books

Between Closeness and Evil: A Festschrift for Arne Johan Vetlesen (Lysaker ed.). Scandinavian Academic Press, 2020

Recognition and Freedom: Axel Honneth's Political Thought (Lysaker co-ed. with Jonas Jakobsen). Leiden: Brill, 2015.

Scientific publications

  • Lysaker, Odin (2020). Ecological Sensibility: Recovering Axel Honneth’s Philosophy of Nature in the Age of Climate Crisis. Critical Horizons. ISSN: 1440-9917. s 1 - 17. doi:10.1080/14409917.2020.1790751.
  • Horst, Cindy; Lysaker, Odin (2019). Miracles in Dark Times: Hannah Arendt and Refugees as ‘Vanguard’. Journal of Refugee Studies. ISSN: 0951-6328. doi:10.1093/jrs/fez057.
  • Lysaker, Odin (2019). Økologisk demokrati og naturens iboende verdi: Klimasøksmål i miljøkrisens tidsalder. Etikk i praksis. ISSN: 1890-3991. 13 (2). s 41 - 58. doi:10.5324/eip.v13i2.3302.
  • Lysaker, Odin (2018). Moralsk ytringsansvar i urolige tider. Norge etter 22. juli: Forhandlinger om verdier, identiteter og et motstandsdyktig samfunn. ISBN: 9788202591007. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. Kapittel 3. s 80 - 107.
  • Lysaker, Odin (2017). Institutional Agonism: Axel Honneth's Radical Democracy. Critical Horizons. ISSN: 1440-9917. 18 (1). s 33 - 51. doi:10.1080/14409917.2017.1275168.
  • Lysaker, Odin; Syse, Henrik (2016). The dignity in free speech : civility norms in post-terror societies. Nordic Journal of Human Rights. ISSN: 1891-8131. 34 (2). s 104 - 123. doi:10.1080/18918131.2016.1212691.
  • Lysaker, Odin (2015). Democratic Disagreement and Embodied Dignity: The Moral Grammar of Political Conflicts. Recognition and Freedom: Axel Honneth's Political Thought. ISBN: 9789004287334. Brill Academic Publishers. Kapittel 7. s 147 - 168.
  • Lysaker, Odin (2015). Humanity in Times of Crisis: Hannah Arendt's Political Existentialism. Philosophy of Justice. ISBN: 978-94-017-9174-8. Springer Science+Business Media B.V.. Kapittel 17. s 293 - 311.
  • Lysaker, Odin (2015). Å leve et menneskeverdig liv: Martha Nussbaums globale helseetikk. Etikk i praksis. ISSN: 1890-3991. (2). s 53 - 70. doi:10.5324/eip.v9i2.1871.
  • Syse, Henrik; Lysaker, Odin (2015). Å tolerere satire : ytringsfrihetens moralske ansvar. Sosiologi i dag. ISSN: 0332-6330. 45 (4). s 38 - 66.
  • Lysaker, Odin (2013). Hannah Arendt: Human politikk i krisetider. Politisk filosofi: Fra Platon til Hannah Arendt. ISBN: 978-82-530-3602-1. Pax Forlag. Kapittel 25. s 698 - 724.
  • Lysaker, Odin (2011). Anerkjennelse og menneskeverdets forankring: Henimot en transnasjonal anerkjennelsespolitikk. Etikk i praksis. ISSN: 1890-3991. 5 (2). s 101 - 122. doi:10.5324/eip.v5i2.1773.
  • Lysaker, Odin (2011). Anerkjennelse, læring og samfunnsetikk. Religion og livssyn : Tidsskrift for religionslærerforeningen i Norge. ISSN: 0802-8214. (2). s 65 - 66.
  • Lysaker, Odin (2011). Demokratisk anerkjennelseskamp: Axel Honneths radikale demokratiteori. Norsk Filosofisk tidsskrift. ISSN: 0029-1943. (2). s 98 - 116.
  • Lysaker, Odin (2010). Menneskelivets kroppslige ukrenkelighet: en minimumsmoral for kosmopolitisk rettferdighet. Rettferdighet. ISBN: 9788215015569. Universitetsforlaget. Kapittel. s 142 - 168.
  • Lysaker, Odin (2008). Sårbarhet og ukrenkelighet filosofisk-antropologisk innholdsbestemte menneskerettigheter. Nordisk tidsskrift for menneskerettigheter. ISSN: 1503-6480. 26 (3). s 244 - 258.
  • Aakvaag, Gunnar Colbjørnsen; Lysaker, Odin (2007). Habermas på norsk - på nytt. Habermas: Kritiske lesninger. ISBN: 9788253030500. Pax Forlag. Innledning. s 7 - 9.
  • Lysaker, Odin (2007). Mening og rettferdighet. Kritisk teoris opprinnelige innsikt. Habermas: Kritiske lesninger. ISBN: 9788253030500. Pax Forlag. 10. s 181 - 203.
  • Lysaker, Odin (2005). Eksistensiell erfaring og moralsk handling. Norsk Filosofisk tidsskrift. ISSN: 0029-1943. 40 (2). s 99 - 115.
  • Lysaker, Odin (2020). Between Closeness and Evil. A Festschrift for Arne Johan Vetlesen. ISBN: 978-82-304-0268-9. Scandinavian Academic Press. s 468.
  • Lysaker, Odin; Fredwall, Terje Emil (2020). Verdier i konflikt: Etikk i et mangfoldig samfunn. ISBN: 9788202675295. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. s 228.
  • Lysaker, Odin (2016). Å bli seg selv gjennom andre: Axel Honneths politisk-etiske ytringsfrihet. ISBN: 9788283140705. Portal forlag. s 256.
  • Lysaker, Odin; Jakobsen, Jonas (2015). Recognition and Freedom: Axel Honneth's Political Thought. ISBN: 9789004287334. Brill Academic Publishers. s 286.
  • Lysaker, Odin (2013). Menneskeverdets politikk: Anerkjennelse av kroppslig krenkbarhet. ISBN: 978-82-7935-353-9. Abstrakt forlag. s 205.
  • Lysaker, Odin; Aakvaag, Colbjørnsen Gunnar (2007). Habermas: Kritiske lesninger. ISBN: 9788253030500. Pax Forlag. s 236.
  • Lysaker, Odin (2019). Hvem er ‘vi’ i klimaendringenes tid? (intervju sammen med Arne Johan Vetlesen og Bård Lahn).

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