Maria Balaska

Philosopher. Research Fellow at @UHPhilosophy and at @AboAkademi Author of Wittgenstein and Lacan at the Limit, and Anxiety&Wonder: on Being Human.

[Maria Balaska @BalaskaMaria]

It is out! 🎉
My 2nd book on Anxiety & Wonder, their strange intentionality, how they link to each other, what they reveal about who we are &why they point to some serious inadequacies in the mental health discourse. At a reasonable £18 by @BloomsburyBooks https://t.co/zkl8WhDGRK

[Maria Balaska @BalaskaMaria]

Excited to be back in Hay-on-Wye! I will spend the weekend speaking and debating in this beautiful setting ☀️, come and say hello if you are around! @HTLGIFestival

[Maria Balaska @BalaskaMaria]

This is particularly sad for me as the philosophy department has been a home for my teaching and research. It reflects the general state of the Humanities in the UK. Please sign this petition to save the Humanities at the Uni of Hertfordshire https://t.co/Cgf5BA5ZT8 via @UKChange

[Maria Balaska @BalaskaMaria]

This gem on Heidegger’s Being-in-the-World is out and it is free to download until the end of the month! https://t.co/uvoXADis1D

[Maria Balaska @BalaskaMaria]

@darrenhabermft Thanks for sharing!

[Maria Balaska @BalaskaMaria]

@darrenhabermft Just finished reading it. I enjoyed it very much. Things start happening when words fail us but also when we stumble on the right words (“when is someone gonna know?”)! Thanks for sharing.

[Maria Balaska @BalaskaMaria]

Fun and exciting things can happen when a philosopher becomes a mother!
For @TIME I wrote an article on toddlers and why parents should not refrain from judging bad behavior. Children participate in moral life as much as they participate in speaking.👶🏻✨

https://t.co/6RvTauGuqz

[Maria Balaska @BalaskaMaria]

"Heidegger, the rules of logic, and the fly bottle of the hard-nosed analytic philosopher", here is a link to my most recent paper!

https://t.co/3djynkl6h4

[Maria Balaska @BalaskaMaria]

“I have a mill, so I grind corn; don’t ask me what I grind corn for”!
What vision of the human being drives psychoanalysis?
This is what I discuss in my review of D. M. Black’s collection of essays, Psychoanalysis&Ethics. Out now in @JournalPHP 👇🏻

https://t.co/9FTgBI888O

[Maria Balaska @BalaskaMaria]

Why realism will not get you very far when you are trying to understand how science works! Chang has produced some great work on the topic and I look forward to hearing his talk tomorrow, at @TheCrick Follow the link to join 👇🏻! #BeingHuman
https://t.co/oycPZB99Vl

[Maria Balaska @BalaskaMaria]

Very rewarding to see that my first book continues to inspire reading and thinking! Here is my conversation with psychoanalyst @darrenhabermft
We discussed limits of expression, wonder, Lacan, why making sense of things makes us happier&what Wittgenstein makes of psychoanalysis!

[Darren Haber @darrenhabermft]

Very pleased to be posting this conversation with philosopher Maria Balaska, on Wittgenstein, Lacan, psychoanalysis, the limits of the sayable, and the need to creatively involve ourselves with language. A real treat, hope you enjoy it.
https://t.co/VQhDCrM2Rh

[Darren Haber @darrenhabermft]

Very pleased to be posting this conversation with philosopher Maria Balaska, on Wittgenstein, Lacan, psychoanalysis, the limits of the sayable, and the need to creatively involve ourselves with language. A real treat, hope you enjoy it.
https://t.co/VQhDCrM2Rh

[Maria Balaska @BalaskaMaria]

The first International Philosophy Festival took place in gorgeous Cascais, Portugal. On the very timely topic of Fear.
I had the pleasure and honor of speaking there, and I truly hope it is the start of a new tradition! 🇵🇹💡✨❤️

[Maria Balaska @BalaskaMaria]

Schumacher College is coming back to life! This course will be held in my native Greece, close to home. Check it out:

https://t.co/bSuOtbsbo0

[Maria Balaska @BalaskaMaria]

What do philosophers have to say about boredom?
I enjoyed speaking to @antonyjfunnell about it, at @RadioNational, Big Ideas / Future Tense. You can have a listen and share here!

https://t.co/GAxYr4UdSa

[Maria Balaska @BalaskaMaria]

My book, Anxiety and Wonder: On Being Human, is in Bloomsbury’s May Sale—£13.99 until Sun 18 May! ✨📖
If you are curious about how anxiety relates to wonder, and what that pairing reveals about us, find out here 👇🏻

https://t.co/zkl8WhDGRK

[British Philosophical Association @BritishPhiloso1]

2.  @GlosPhilSoc are hosting an in-person public lecture by the wonderful @BalaskaMaria on "Forms of Nature: Real and Manmade".

In-person: 7-8pm.

Details: https://t.co/bVTF4jfb4u

#PhilosophyMatters #BPG2025 #PhilosFortnight2025 #gloucester #nature #animals

[Maria Balaska @BalaskaMaria]

Looking forward to sharing my research on fake nature next Wednesday, 19/03, at the @GlosPhilSoc meeting! ✨ Excited to be part the British Philosophy Fortnight #PhilosophyMatters
More info about my talk on “Forms of Nature: Real and Manmade” here 👇🏻
https://t.co/uwSLamGmzS

[British Philosophical Association @BritishPhiloso1]

British Philosophy Fortnight is soon - last two weeks of March!

It's our new annual initiative to celebrate, promote and champion philosophy!

For details, events, downloadable content, check out:
https://t.co/BsLAiP136s

#philosophy #philosophers #PhilosophyMatters #BPF2025

[Maria Balaska @BalaskaMaria]

Here is my recent piece on fake nature 🪴 and why the real thing matters🌱✨. Thanks @TIME, and thanks @KoneenSaatio for funding and supporting my research project!

[TIME @TIME]

Column: The (real) problem with fake plants
https://t.co/uXDb47BgKw

[Maria Balaska @BalaskaMaria]

“Faced with impressively elaborate copies of plants that never droop or wither, a lot of us may wonder if we are justified to choose natural over fake, and on what grounds.” For @TIME here is my latest piece on the problem with fake nature. https://t.co/GpGq0oUOTI