Natural law, political economy & history

Seminar in honour of Kari Saastamoinen, 1 February

Time: Friday, 1 February 2019, 12.15–16.00.

Venue: University of Helsinki, Main Building, Runeberg Hall (Runeberg sali), Fabianinkatu 33, 2nd floor

12.15–12.30

Markku Peltonen: Opening Words

12.30–14.00

Heikki Haara: Hobbes and Pufendorf

Adriana Luna Fabritius: Pufendorf's Sociability in (Neapolitan) Translation

Mikko Tolonen (with Ville Vaara, Mark Hill & Helsinki Computational History Group): New Context for Studying Bernard Mandeville

Chair: Markku Peltonen

14.00-14.30

Coffee Break

14.30–16.00

Ere Nokkala: Rethinking the Pursuit of Happiness – Johann Heinrich Gottlob von Justi’s "Considerations on Monarchies and Aristocracies" (1761)

Laura Tarkka: Empire as a System of Ambitions: Political Economy and National Character in the Travels of William Macintosh (1782)

Jani Marjanen: Liberalism as an Ism

Chair: Mikko Immanen