Juhani Yli-Vakkuri

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I am a DPhil (PhD) candidate in Philosophy at the University of Oxford. I am a citizen of the European Union, and thus far have lived in Finland (Helsinki), Mexico (D.F.), the United States (New York, Pennsylvania, and California), Canada (Ontario and Quebec), England (Oxford), and Scotland (St Andrews).



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I have moved all of my philosophy material to oxford.ademia.edu.


Neither-professional-nor-personal

 

I have published some things outside of philosophy. The most interesting of these (to me) is the Finnish Chomsky reader, Ideologia ja valta, which I edited in collaboration with Marko Ampuja and Erkka Oorni. More examples below.

 

Noam Chomsky, Ideologia ja valta. Osa 1: Ideologiakritiikkia ja vapauden nakokulmia. Edited and translated by Juhani Yli-Vakkuri, Marko Ampuja, and Erkka Oorni. (Helsinki: Like, 2002.) The first volume of the Finnish Chomsky reader. Edited and translated with support from the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [Order this book online.]
 

 

Joseph Stiglitz, Globalisaation sivutuotteet. Finnish trans. of Globalization and Its Discontents by 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics Joseph Stiglitz by Juhani Yli-Vakkuri. (Helsinki: Like, 2004.) Includes preface by Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs Erkki Tuomioja (see also his review of the book here). [Order this edition.] [Order this book in English.]

 

Noam Chomsky, Hinnalla milla hyvansa: Uusliberalismi ja globaali jarjestys, 2nd ed. Finnish translation of Profit over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order by Juha Ahokas and Juhani Yli-Vakkuri. (Helsinki: Like, 2004.) Contains a chapter not included in the English edition. This book is recommended by Finnish Minster of Foreign Affairs Erkki Tuomioja (see his review here). [Order this edition.] [Order this book in English.]

 

Kalle Sysikaski, Irja Maristo, and Juhani Yli-Vakkuri, Ita-Timor (East Timor). (Helsinki: Suomen Sadankomitea, 2000.) A concise history of the Indonesian occupation and genocide, and Western complicity in it, up to November 1999. Written with support from the Finnish Minstry of Foreign Affairs and recommended by the (then) Minister of Foreign Affairs, Erkki Tuomioja (see his review here). (This book is out of print!)

 

Noam Chomsky, Ideologia ja valta. Osa 2: Yhdysvallat ja muu maailma. Edited and translated by Juhani Yli-Vakkuri, Marko Ampuja, and Erkka Oorni. (Helsinki: Like, 2002.) The second volume of the Finnish Chomsky reader. Edited and translated with support from the Finnish Minstry of Foreign Affairs. [Order this book online.]

 

 

Noam Chomsky, Uusi sotilaallinen humanismi: Kosovon Opetukset, 2nd ed. Trans. of The New Military Humanism: Lessons from Kosovo by Juhani Yli-Vakkuri et al., with new introduction by Juhani Yli-Vakkuri. (Helsinki: Like, 2004.) Contains postscripts by Chomsky not available in the English edition. Our translation is recommended by Finnish Minster of Foreign Affairs Erkki Tuomioja (see his review here). [Order this edition.] [Order this book in English.]

 

Matthew Evangelista, Tshetshenian sodat: Hajoaako venaja? Finnish translation of The Chechen Wars: Will Russia Go the Way of the Soviet Union? by Juhani Yli-Vakkuri. (Helsinki: Like, 2004.) An "excellent translation", according to Turun Sanomat. Contains postscript by Evangelista not included in any other edition. [Order this edition.] [Order this book in English.]

 

Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian, Vahvemman oikeudella (Helsinki: Like, 2008). Finnish translation of What We Say Goes: Conversations on U.S. Power in a Changing World, by Juhani Yli-Vakkuri. [Order this edition.] [Order this book in English.]