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My research interests are in the intersection between intellectual history, philosophy and science studies. Recently I have commenced a new project, entitled “What is Left of the Enlightenment Values? Enlightenment Historiography Beyond Epistemology and Constructivism.” A general aim is to examine how historiographical traditions are employed in contemporary philosophies of history. One distinct focus is on the concept of progress and its relation to the Enlightenment values. The intellectual currents that evolved in the eighteenth century still make their marks on our time, about democratic values, universalism, particularism, religion and identity politics. The project is connected to another area of research interest:"Technoscience and the Enlightenment Vision. New Regimes of Knowledge Production. " The focus is the political and intellectual conditions of emerging knowledge production in the 21th century Europe.
Research
Thesis projects
Present projects
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Completed projects
- Knowledge systems in crisis: Analytic philosophy of science and the humanities drift apart. (research leader)
- Legitimizing ESS: Big Science as collaboration across boundaries (research leader)
- The Objective Reality. An Imaginary in Late Modern Swedish Analytical Philosophy (research leader)
- Visualisations in the sciences (research leader)
About the research
My research interests are in the intersection between intellectual history, philosophy and science studies. Recently I have commenced a new project, entitled “Past and Present of Enlightenment Ideas – Historiography in Flux.” A general aim is to examine which historiographical traditions are displayed in contemporary philosophies of history. One focus is on the concept of post-history and its relation to the Enlightenment values. This project connects to a main intellectual interest since my dissertation about the Enlightenments’ view of man, namely how is fair society feasible and how ideas contribute to form a public spirit and an historical consciousness. The intellectual currents that evolved during the eighteenth century still make their marks on our time, not at least in the political discussions about universalism, particularism, religion and identity politics. Currently I am finishing an earlier project about the Swedish analytical philosophy’s post war cultural history “The Objective Reality. An Imaginary in Late Modern Swedish Analytic Philosophy.” The project is connected to my third area of research interest: "Technoscience and the Enlightenment Vision. New Regimes of Knowledge Production. Epistemological and Ethical Conditions." The focus is the political and intellectual conditions of emerging knowledge production in the 21th century Europe.
Publications
Books (1)
Articles (14)
- Höög, V. (accepted/in press). Blurred Science. The Incessant Pending Between Truth and Mistakes. Lund University Research Magazine, 3/2013. Lund University.
- Höög, V. (2017). Dictionary of the History of Ideas. Insikt och handling, 25, 31-32. Hans Larsson Samfundet.
- Höög, V. (2012). Visualizing the World. Epistemic Strategies in the History of Scientific Illustrations. Ideas in History. The journal of the Nordic Society of the History of Ideas, Volume 5, 2010-2011. Museum Tusculanum Press.
- Höög, V. & Liljefors, M. (2012). Editorial: The Image in Science : responses of the Humanities to Visualism in Science. Ideas in History. The journal of the Nordic Society of the History of Ideas, 5, 3-9. Museum Tusculanum Press.
- Höög, V. (2010). Efterkrigstidens analytiska vetenskapsteori: Epistemologi, politik och etik från Karl Popper till Thomas Kuhn. I & H : Insikt och handling : humanistiskt debattforum. Doxa.
- Höög, V. (2010). I kris. Analytisk vetenskapsteori och humaniora går skilda vägar. Preprint without journal information. Manne Siegbahn Institute.
- Höög, V. & Tunlid, A. (2010). Vetenskapligt ethos i efterkrigstidens Sverige. I & H : Insikt och handling : humanistiskt debattforum, 23. Doxa.
- Höög, V. (2008). Editiorial. Ideas in History. The journal of the Nordic Society of the History of Ideas, 3, 1-4. Museum Tusculanum Press.
- Höög, V. (2008). Maps in the world: A History of Imagined Realities. Ymer. Scandinavian Geographical Society.
- Höög, V. (2007). De intellektuella filosoferna. Filosofisk modernism från Wien till Uppsala och Lund. Insikt och handlng, 22, 45-74. Hans Larsson Samfundet.
- Höög, V. (2007). Editiorial introduction. Ideas in History. The journal of the Nordic Society of the History of Ideas, 2, 1-2. Museum Tusculanum Press.
- Höög, V. (2001). Historiens tvetydighet: Quentin Skinner och problematiseringen av traditionen. Slagmark, 79-90. Århus Universitetsförlag.
- Höög, V. (1999). Upplysningen i nytt ljus: Kvinnor, begär och offentlighet hos Montesquieu. Aktuellt om genusforskning, 3-5. Centrum för genusvetenskap, Lunds universitet.
- Höög, V. (1996). John Lockes samhällssyn. Den nödvändiga dygden - förtroendet som samhällets grundval. Ugglan, 6, 19-34. Idé- och lärdomshistoria vid Lunds universitet.
Book chapters (11)
- Höög, V. (accepted/in press). Hans Larsson 1862-1944 : Hemmabyarna i Europas filosofiska samtid. Nordic Academic Press.
- Höög, V. (accepted/in press). Reflections on the Scientific Persona and Ethos in Contemporary Technoscientific Culture. Oxford University Press.
- Höög, V. (2017). Idéhistoria i framtidens kunskapssamhälle. Ugglan, 18, 71-71. Idé- och lärdomshistoria vid Lunds universitet.
- Höög, V. (2013). Technoscience comes to Lund : ESS and the Enlightenment Vision. Nordic Academic Press.
- Brinck, I., Håkansson, S., Höög, V., Ljungkvist, M. & Ohlsson, A. (2010). Från jämställdhetspolicy till genuscertifiering: Lunds universitets jämställdhetsarbete utvärderat ur ett HT-perspektiv. In Lövcrona, I., Agrell, C. & Widén, K. (Eds.) AKKA III, Erfarenheter av ett genusintegrerat ledarskapsprogram (pp. 31-48). Lund University (Media-Tryck).
- Brinck, I., Håkansson, S., Höög, V., Ljungqvist, M. & Ohlsson, A. (2010). Från jämställdhetspolicy till genuscertifiering : Lunds universitets jämställdhetsarbete utvärderat ur ett HT-perspektiv. In Lövcrona, I., Agrell, C. & Widén, K. (Eds.) (pp. 31-48). Lund University (Media-Tryck).
- Höög, V. (2006). The Philosophers on the Market Square. Philosophical Modernism from Vienna to Uppsala. In Rønnow-Rasmussen, T. (Eds.) (pp. 1-16). www.fil.lu.se.
- Höög, V. (2006). Uppsala-filosofien har icke skänkt någon världsförklaring (Oxenstierna). Om filosofer och intellektuella. In Broberg, G., Hansson, J. & Mansén, E. (Eds.) (pp. 158-172). Bokförlaget Atlantis.
- Höög, V. (2004). Upplysningstänkade och religion. Den moderna identitetens uppkomst. In Hammer, O. & Raudvere, C. (Eds.) (pp. 51-76). Makadam förlag.
- Höög, V. (2003). Idéhistoria och den klassiska bildningstraditionen. Reflektioner över humanioras framtid i det senmoderna samhället. In Arntzen, S. & Christensen, O. M. (Eds.) (pp. 121-136). Höjskoleförlaget.
- Höög, V. (2002). Den borgerliga familjen i haremet : en europeisk fantasi. In Mansén, E. & Nordin, S. (Eds.) (pp. 149-160). Bokförlaget Atlantis.
Conference contributions (1)
Working papers (3)
- Höög, V. (2008). Svensk jämlikhet – en historisk betraktelse över kvinnorörelsens kollektiva identitet.
- Höög, V. (2007). The Philosophy of Maps. Reality and Representation in Pre- and Postmodern Times.
- Höög, V. (2007). The Swedish-American Connection. Philosophy of Science and the Change of Scientific Ethos. A Postwar Story.
Reviews (1)
Articles in specialist publications and popular press (1)
Research portal (Lund University)
