Ralf Wadenström

Philosopher, Ph.D.

In 1998 I doctorated in philosophy at Helsinki University, where I have been a part-time lecturer since 1991. My specialities are philosophy of history, culture and media as well as history of ideas. I lecture and write mainly in Swedish.

Grand and Small European Stories
IT and Postmodernity
What Is a Mobile Phone?

Texts on Substack

Narratives of the War against Iran
Finlandization Is Not an Option for Ukraine
American Soft Power in Decline
From Pax Americana to America First
From Globalization to Geopolitics
The Exorbitant Privilege and the Broken Contract
The Multipolar World
The Chinese World Order
The Idea of a Reverse Kissinger
The Frankenstein Monster China
Narratives of the War against Iran
The Superpower as Victim
When the Superpower Speaks Only to Itself
"Bye Bye" to NATO - And What It Reveals About Trump's Narrative Logic
When the Victim Narrative Becomes Geopolitics
European Free Riders and Socialists: A Deconstruction of Pete Hegseth’s Rhetoric
Trump, Hegel, and the Twilight of the Liberal World Order
From the Free World to Transactional Realism
From a Community of Values to an Alliance of Capabilities
From Pax Americana to Pax Silica


wadenstrom@yahoo.com

+358-(0)50-3638744

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