Theater of Cruelty

Ranveig Eckhoff

Eckhoff is a regular reviewer for Ny Tid.
mail-1

Russia's race to the bottom

THE OIL STATE: In this book, Alexander Etkind states that Russia is the least equal, the most militarized and the most carbonized of all the world's major countries.
Ranveig Eckhoff -

The offended man

SEX: Here the male author asks: "How could I understand that I found myself in a culture that wants to identify with the very heroes that legitimize this culture's dominance?"
Ranveig Eckhoff -

Ecological and political breakdown

ENVIRONMENT: The Baltic Sea has become an unlimited landfill of deadly substances. This stems from the development and pollution of the river Oder. But what about the environmental side? The Oder Delta is a vast, cross-border network of rivers, lakes and life-giving wetlands.
Ranveig Eckhoff -

Wang Huning – influential intellectual

CHINA: Who is Wang Huning, who for over 20 years has contributed to the policies of three general secretaries?
Ranveig Eckhoff -

This time – from the inside

CHINA: How much do we know about what the Chinese themselves think and say? In China, the transformation process from a traditional empire to a modern state has included the amalgamation of 56 ethnic groups. This anthology has a number of themes from China itself.
Ranveig Eckhoff -

The pull towards evil

MODERNITY: The West, with its colonial history, fell into violence, perfidiously masquerading as humanism. Here about Dostoevsky.
Ranveig Eckhoff -

Are we good at the bottom?

PSYCHOLOGY: How has a thoroughly pessimistic view of humanity arisen? That man must be fundamentally sinful is a cornerstone of Western thinking. Or?
Ranveig Eckhoff -

Private game reserves – a business concept for species conservation

SOUTH AFRICA: About. 500 South African game reserves represent a spectacular marketplace. But after thirty years, Shamwari Private Game Reserve, for example, today has seven luxury lodges, an explorer camp, a learning centre, a rehabilitation station for young, abandoned or injured animals – and not least a police unit to combat poaching.
Ranveig Eckhoff -

Nuclear war?

GHOST? With the renewed threat of nuclear war, MODERN TIMES shines a spotlight on an earlier book. Are nuclear weapons suitable for blackmailing other countries – coercive diplomacy? No, according to these authors.
Ranveig Eckhoff -
123...9Page 1 of 9

Full 100-page MODERN TIMES including the appendix Orientering and Modern Times Review comes out quarterly in early March, June, September and December) with international book reviews (non-fiction) and comments / essays. According to the physical newspaper (and PDF), the articles are published regularly online (see the newsletters).

© MODERN TIMES & Orientering AS. PO Box 3113 Elisenberg, 0207 Oslo. Chief editor: Truls Lie

Newsletters