Miika Luoto
Miika Luoto is a Finnish philosopher, aesthetician and translator (born 1966 in Helsinki). After a period of research and teaching at the University of Helsinki, where he originally studied, he has been working mainly at Helsinki art universities: Theatre Academy, University of Art and Design (now Aalto Arts), and Academy of Fine Arts. He is currently Lecturer of philosophy and performance theory at the Theatre Academy.
In addition to numerous articles on Continental philosophy and aesthetics, Miika Luoto has published the books Heidegger ja taiteen arvoitus (“Heidegger and the Enigma of Art”, 2002) and Heidegger: Ajattelun aiheita (“Heidegger: Issues of Thought”, ed. with J. Backman, 2006). In addition to many translations of Heidegger, Nietzsche, Derrida and others, he has edited and translated (with T. Roinila) Maurice Merleau-Ponty: Filosofisia kirjoituksia (“Philosophical Writings”, 2012). Currently, he is finishing an English-language study on Heidegger reflecting on the question of art as a problem of finitude and historicity. A book called “Senses of Embodiment: Art, Technics, Media” (edited with M. Elo) is forthcoming from Peter Lang.
Miika Luoto is a Finnish philosopher, aesthetician and translator (born 1966 in Helsinki). After a period of research and teaching at the University of Helsinki, where he originally studied, he has been working mainly at Helsinki art universities: Theatre Academy, University of Art and Design (now Aalto Arts), and Academy of Fine Arts. He is currently Lecturer of philosophy and performance theory at the Theatre Academy.
In addition to numerous articles on Continental philosophy and aesthetics, Miika Luoto has published the books Heidegger ja taiteen arvoitus (“Heidegger and the Enigma of Art”, 2002) and Heidegger: Ajattelun aiheita (“Heidegger: Issues of Thought”, ed. with J. Backman, 2006). In addition to many translations of Heidegger, Nietzsche, Derrida and others, he has edited and translated (with T. Roinila) Maurice Merleau-Ponty: Filosofisia kirjoituksia (“Philosophical Writings”, 2012). Currently, he is finishing an English-language study on Heidegger reflecting on the question of art as a problem of finitude and historicity. A book called “Senses of Embodiment: Art, Technics, Media” (edited with M. Elo) is forthcoming from Peter Lang.