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MODERN TIMES is as a commentary at the same time a book review with around 40 books mentioned in each issue (March, June, September, December). We discuss (preferably in an essayistic way) nonfiction Interior political, ecological and philosophical literature, but also literature in our time "big tech".
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In the shadows of a desk

OCCUPATION: EU parliamentarian and former trade union leader Marianne Vind has written about the problems on the European labor market in the 21st century. It could have been an important book. It just isn't.
Nina Trige Andersen -

Confessional poetry or love poetry

POETRY: Vietnamese-American Ocean Vuong's poetry is corporeal and sensual. And Wales' foremost female poet Menna Elfyn writes in the Celtic-Welsh minority language Cymric. We present them both here.
Håkan Sandell -

To live a simpler and calmer life

ECOLOGY: Henry David Thoreau provides the recipe for a wandering life in balance with nature, but arguably also for a leisurely life in balance with oneself. He can be said to be more relevant than ever.
Steffen Moestrup -

The primary opening to the world

MUSICAL LIFE: With The Use of the Bodies and What is Philosophy?, Giorgio Agamben returns to his early main interest before the first homo sacer book – namely to being, to language, to thought and the blissful life. It is also about where you are – where you simultaneously discover life (ontology) and how life could be (politics, the happy life).
Alexander Carnera -

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 -

To represent the multitude and diversity of the world

AVANTGARDE: The program of the avant-garde was often about 'wild socialism' – the socialism that was critical of the Soviet Union. Aesthetically pleasing is that they uncompromisingly challenged our idea of ​​success.
Mårten Björck -

Children's digital use

INTERNET: Are we here presented with 224 pages of panic attacks?
Pinar Ciftci -

The intolerance of divergence

TRANSFORMATION: Hartmut Rosa is a central critic of modernity. He emphasizes the importance of our resonant experiences – be it with another, a work or a book – as a central part of being human.
Ali Jones Alkazemi -

Life is short, and it is urgent to make the right choices

RELIGION: Religion constitutes a war against the spontaneous. Is there an equality between being an obedient citizen and being godly?
Ali Jones Alkazemi -

"Agriculture leaves deserts everywhere" DECLINE: The

NEDVEKST: The Japanese re-reading of Marx advocates green communism or degrowth. The historical overview is impressive, and the analyzes are inspiring. Will a socialist or communist society necessarily be better, ecologically speaking? And should use value now come into play instead of exchange value?
Anders Dunk -

The absurd distinction between so-called civilized and barbaric violence

TORTURE: Veena Das' research shows that systematic torture is part of modern democracy.
Melita Zajc -

Barbarism or socialism?

ECONOMY: The conflict between the United States and China is a confrontation between the divergent political-economic models of Chinese industrialism and American fiscal policy. But China has charted its own course and avoided neoliberal shock therapy, according to American economist Michael Hudson.
Daniel Glassman -

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 -

When patriarchy and state violence go hand in hand

DEBT: Women are more vulnerable to aggressive lending methods, high interest rates and fees.
Patricia Sequeira Brás -

Pragmatic utopianism

ENVIRONMENT: Among those who recognize the climate and nature crisis, the narratives that tie the damage of the past and the solutions of the future together are very different. 'Hammer's little green' invites debate and discussion.
Anders Dunk -

Gigantic global experiment

MEDIA: In the book Digital hedgehogs, Italian Davide Sisto tackles what the virtual does to our self-perception and our five – perhaps many more – senses.
Rune V. Harritshøj -
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The shadow sides of the labor market. About the threats to the good working life and the fight for a fair future in Europe
Forfatter: Marianne Vind
Forlag: Frydenlund, (Danmark)
MY WORK / EU parliamentarian and former trade union leader Marianne Vind has written about the problems on the European labor market in the 21st century. It could have been an important book. It just isn't.




(THIS ARTICLE IS MACHINE TRANSLATED by Google from Norwegian)

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).

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