Maria Balaska

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 bloomsbury.com/uk/anxiety-and…

This gem on Heidegger’s Being-in-the-World is out and it is free to download until the end of the month! cambridge.org/core/elements/…

@darrenhabermft Thanks for sharing!

Excellent, concise article by @BalaskaMaria on language and the illusory neutrality of "naming big feelings" with little ones. time.com/7336286/parent…

@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.

Hi @BalaskaMaria , curious what you think of this (relatively short) piece!

Language both clarifies and confuses, especially when we *think* we’re on the same page.

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.👶🏻✨ time.com/7336286/parent…

"Heidegger, the rules of logic, and the fly bottle of the hard-nosed analytic philosopher", here is a link to my most recent paper! tandfonline.com/eprint/TMKWF67…

“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 👇🏻 tandfonline.com/eprint/HCQ59IA…

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 eventbrite.co.uk/e/measurement-…

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!

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. darrenhaber.substack.com/p/beyond-the-l…

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! 🇵🇹💡✨❤️

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

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! abc.net.au/listen/program…

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 👇🏻 bloomsbury.com/uk/anxiety-and…

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: glosphilsoc.net #PhilosophyMatters #BPG2025 #PhilosFortnight2025 #gloucester #nature #animals

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 👇🏻 glosphilsoc.net

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: bpa.ac.uk/activities/phi… #philosophy #philosophers #PhilosophyMatters #BPF2025

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!

“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. time.com/7209789/fake-h…

Thanks @BalaskaMaria for speaking to me about Anxiety and wonder: On being human. @BloomsburyPhilo Our conversation is here: philosophypodcasts.org/balaska So much depends on these two: anxiety (sure) and wonder (let's not forget). @BloomsburyPub @BloomsburyBooks Prof. Balaska writes about it so carefully and well.