Dr. Petteri Pietikäinen

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The Academy of Finland
Programme Unit
Appointed: 2006
University of Helsinki
History
Docent (Adjunct professor)Appointed: 2003
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Mailing Address

Jänismäentie 3 A
Vantaa, 01260
Finland

Contact Information

Phone: +358-(0)400 362808
Fax: +358-(0)9-7748 8395
petteri.pietikainen@helsinki.fi

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Helsinki, History, 1999.

Expertise and Research Interests

European intellectual history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, history of Darwinism, history of medicine and psychiatry; history of psychoanalysis; history of utopian thought; history of intellectuals, dissidents and "mad scientists"

Other Expertise

Project leader for the Ax:son Johnson Foundation seminar on mental health and the cultural role of psychology ('Modernity and Its Discontents: The Tyranny of Intimacy?') September 25, 2003, Stockholm

Developed a programme for and acted as a chairman in the international conference on Psychological Utopias, which was held in Avesta, Sweden, on June 16-18, 2000. The conference was organised by the Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden

External referee to History of the Human Sciences (2006), Utopian Studies (2003), History of Psychology (2002) and Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (2002)

Member of the Board of Editors, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (2003-2004)

As a project coordinator, helped organise an international health care seminar From Sick Care to Health Care, which was held in Stockholm, Sweden, on September 7-8, 2002. The seminar was organised by Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation.

Future Research

Comparative history of the interplay between ideology, utopia and the view of Man (Menschenbild) in the Soviet Union, Sweden and the United States
History of contagious diagnoses
Darwinism in the human sciences

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Evolution, History, Psychiatry, Psychology.

Additional Terms:

Evolutionary Theories.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
German: (Fluent, Functional, Functional)
Swedish: (Fluent, Functional, Functional)
Finnish (Native)

Memberships

European Society for the History of Human Sciences
Society for Utopian Studies
Suomen Lääketieteen Historian Seura

Honors and Awards

2000-2001, ASLA-Fulbright Research Grant, The Finland - U.S. Educational Commission, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Previous Positions

2001-2004, Project Leader, Ax:son Johnson Foundation, History of Dynamic Psychology and Psychiatry in Sweden

Funding Received

  • Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation: Scholarship for an organization of a conference, Jun 2000 to Aug 2000.
  • Emil Öhmann's Foundation, Helsinki: Travel grant, Aug 20, 2001 to Aug 27, 2001.
  • The Wihuri Foundation: Scholarship for the completion of the book "Utopianism in psychology", 2006 to 2006.
  • Suomen Kulttuurirahasto/The Finnish Cultural Foundation: Scholarship for a research project, 2005 to 2006.
  • Emil Öhmann's Foundation, Helsinki: Travel grant, 2005 to 2005.
  • Axel and Margaret Ax.son Johnson Foundation: Scholarship for a Project Leader, 2001 to 2004.
  • Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth's Foundation, Helsinki: For post-doc research on psychological utopias, 1999 to 1999.
  • Lehto Foundation, Helsinki: For post-doc research on psychological utopias, 1999 to 1999.
  • Academy of Finland: Visiting scholar at the Department of Psychology at University College Dublin, 1999 to 2000.
  • University of Helsinki: For the completion of the doctoral thesis, 1997 to 1998.
  • University of Chicago: The Phelps-Wilder Foundation scholarship, 1997 to 1997.
  • The Helsinki University 350-year Foundation: Scholarship for young scholars, 1994 to 1995.

Publications

  • (2008) Futures Past: C.G. Jung's Psychoutopia and the 'German Revolution' of 1933. In Horst Junginger (eds), The Study of Religion under the Impact of Fascism, Leiden, Brill, 591-611 pages (bookchapter)
  • Pp (2007) "Diagnoser som smittar". Also published as "The Rise and Fall of Neurosis" at Axess's website http://www.axess.se/english/, Axess (No.3)
  • Pp (2007) "Heikkohermoisuudesta alemmuuskompleksiin 1900-luvun Ruotsissa", Psykologia (No. 3)
  • Petteri Pietikäinen & Jari Turunen (2007) "Oirekuvien historiaa - ahdingon diagnosointi ennen ja nyt", Duodecim, 123 (14), 1701-08
  • Pp (2007) Neurosis and Modernity; The Age of Nervousness in Sweden, Leiden, Brill
  • Pp (2007) Alchemists of Human Nature: Psychological Utopianism in Gross, Jung, Reich and Fromm, London, Pickering & Chatto
  • (2007) "Vapaa seksi ja utopia uudesta ihmisestä" In Marko Hamilo (eds), Älkää säätäkö päätänne, häiriö on todellisuudessa., Helsinki, Ajatus Kirjat, 56-77 pages (bookchapter)
  • * (2006) "Kuinka tehdä neurootikoista tuottavia kansalaisia". ['How to turn neurotics into productive citizens'], Hippokrates - Suomen Lääketieteen Historian Seuran vuosikirja 2005
  • * (2006) "Suuri taikuri Freud" ["Freud, the great magician"] Review essay on two Finnish translations of Freud's writings, Tieteessä Tapahtuu, 6
  • (2006) Utopianism in Otto Gross's thought. In Gottfried Heuer (eds), Utopie und Eros. 5. Internationaler Otto Gross Kongress, Marburg an der Lahn, Literatur Wissenschaft.de (bookchapter)
  • Petteri Pietikainen (editor), Modernity and Its Discontents: Sceptical Essays on the Psychomedical Management of Malaise, Stockholm, Ax:son Johnson Foundation, 2005
  • *, 'Introduction' and 'Neurosis and the Theory of Infectious Diagnoses', in P. Pietikainen (ed.), Modernity and Its Discontents: Sceptical Essays on the Psychomedical Management of Malaise, 2005
  • Jaap Bos, David Park and Petteri Pietikainen, Strategic Self-marginalization: the Case of Psychoanalysis, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 41(No.3), 207-224, 2005
  • *, Ideas of Madness: on the Intellectual History of Psychiatry, Historically Speaking, VI(No.5), 43-44, 2005
  • *, Tarttuvat Diagnoosit, Tieteessä Tapahtuu, No.4, 10-16, 2005
  • *, Asiantunteva Opas Terapiakulttuurin Taikapiirissä. Review of Juhani Ihanus, Järjen Äänestä Minäkertomuksiin, Helsinki 2005, Tieteessä Tapahtuu, No.5, 82-85, 2005
  • *, 'The Sage Knows You Better Than You Know Yourself': Psychological Utopianism in Erich Fromm's Work, History of Political Thought, XXV(No.1), 86-115, 2004
  • *, Arthur Schopenhauer - Ihmiset, Nuo Ajelehtivat Lainavaloiset Pallot, In T. Kaitaro & M. Roinila (toim.), Filosofin Kuolema, Helsinki, 2004
  • *, Truth hurts: The Sociobiology Debate, moral reading and the idea of 'dangerous knowledge', Social Epistemology, 18(No.2-3), 165-180, 2004
  • *, Review of David Roochnik, 'Beautiful City: the Dialectical Character of Plato's Republic', Utopian Studies, 15(2), 284-89, 2004
  • Soul Man meets the Blind Watchmaker: C.G. Jung and neo-Darwinism, Psychoanalysis and History, 5(2), 195-212, July 2003
  • Petteri Pietikainen & Juhani Ihanus, On the Origins of Psychoanalytic Psychohistory, History of Psychology, 6(No.2), May 2003
  • Consciousness historicized: Philosophical history and the nature of the human sciences. A review essay of B. Mazlish, The Uncertain Sciences (Yale University Press, 1998), History of the Human Sciences, 16(2), 151-158, May 2003
  • Review of Paul Roazen, The Historiography of Psychoanalysis (2001); P. Roazen, The Trauma of Freud (2002), International Forum of Psychoanalysis, 12(4), 2003
  • *, Paha Tieto Ja Hyvä Myytti. Review of Janne Kivivuori, Paha Tieto (2003), Tieteessä Tapahtuu, No.6, 62-65, 2003
  • Utopianism in psychology: the case of Wilhelm Reich, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 38(2), April 2002
  • Review of C.A. Meier (ed.), Atom and archetype. The Pauli/Jung letters, 1932-1958. Princeton: Princeton UP 2001, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 38(No. 4), 2002
  • Review of Paul Bishop (ed.), Jung in Contexts: A Reader (1999) et al, International Forum of Psychoanalysis, 11(3), 2002
  • Dynamic psychology, utopia, and escape from history: the case of C.G.Jung, Utopian Studies, 12(1), 2001
  • Jung in the historical contexts: German intellectual culture and the Swiss republicanism, Harvest: Journal for Jungian Studies, 47(1), 2001
  • Holistic utopia or utopian holism: Jung's psychological utopia and its context, In Schmitt, G. (hg.). Die Welt im Symbol. C.G. Jung Symposion 7.-8.9. 2000.Veröffentlichungen des germanistischen Instituts, Nr. 9. Oulu: Universität Oulu, 2001
  • Review of H. Gnug, Utopie und utopischer Roman, Utopian Studies, 12(1), 2001
  • *, Psykokulttuurin Kritiikki, Tieteessä Tapahtuu, No.8, 2000
  • The Volk and its unconscious: Jung, Hauer, and the 'German revolution', Journal of Contemporary History, 35(4), 2000
  • Review of J.L. Jarrett (ed.), Jung's Seminar on Nietzsche's Zarathustra, Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 36(1), 2000
  • Jung's psychology in the light of his 'personal myth', Psychoanalysis and History, 1(2), 1999
  • Jung's personal myth, In Almqvist, K. (ed.). Jung och den andliga. Stockholm: Svenska Förlaget, 1999
  • *, Yksilö Massojen Puristuksessa: C.G. Jung, Modernisaatio Ja Pako Historiasta, Sosiologia, No.3, 1999
  • Jungin ratkaisu ajan loppumiseen, Teoksessa Lehtonen, Tuomas M.S. (toim.), Lopun leikit. Helsinki: Gaudeamus, 1999
  • *, Miksi Psykoanalyysi Löi Läpi?, Kanava, No.7, 1999
  • *, Sata Vuotta Tiedostamista, Yliopisto, No.3, 1999
  • *, Sairas - Silti Terve. C.G. Jungin Käsitys Mielenterveydestä, Kipunoita - Tampereen Mielenterveysyhdistyksen Jäsenlehti, No.1, 1999
  • C.G. Jung and the Psychology of Symbolic Forms, Helsinki: Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, 1999
  • National typologies, races and mentalities in C.G. Jung's psychology, History of European Ideas, 24(6), 1998
  • Archetypes as symbolic forms, Journal of Analytical Psychology, 43(3), 1998
  • Response to H. McFarland Solomon, G.B. Hogenson and A. Stevens, Journal of Analytical Psychology, 43(3), 1998
  • *, Kahden Rintaman Välissä, Teologinen Aikakauskirja, 103(No.2), 1998
  • *, Alitajunta Ja Evoluutio, Tieteessä Tapahtuu, No.7, 1998
  • *, 'Also Sprach Siegfried'. C.G. Jungin Alitajunnan Mytologiaa, Skeptikko, No.3, 1998
  • *, Jung, Antisemitismi Ja Rotupsykologia, Psykologia, No.2, 1996
  • *, Jungin Rotupsykologia Ja Sen Puolustajat, Psykologia, No.4, 1996
  • *, Poliittiset Myytit Ja Kuinka Ne Valmistetaan, Kanava, No.1, 1996
  • *, Toden Ja Leikin Vastahakoinen Harmonia, Yliopisto, No.16, 1996
  • Petteri Pietikäinen ja Ari Kyyrönen, Holocaust Historiallisena Ilmiönä, Historiallinen Aikakauskirja, No.2, 1995
  • *, Shanghai - Avoin Kaupunki, Umiiri, No.4, 1994
  • Nainen josta tuli arkkityyppi, Radio-ohjelma psykoanalyysin varhaishistoriasta. Lähetetty YLE:n Radio Ykkösessä 17.1. ja 22.5.1999

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