(THIS ARTICLE IS MACHINE TRANSLATED by Google from Norwegian)
Pankaj Mishra:
The age of rage – a contemporary story
Solum Bokvennen, Norway
Can we trace the rise of right-wing forces and Islamic radicalization back to ideas from the French Revolution? Yes, Indian-born Pankaj Mishra writes in his book which is now published in Norwegian. original title Age of Anger – A History of the Present has come into being The Age of Fury – A Contemporary HistoryAnd here Mishra writes that history does not repeat itself, despite many commonalities with the past: Today's uncomfortable challenges, in our global and at the same time panic-individual age, are unique, and deeper, he believes: The dangers are more diffuse and more difficult to predict. Mishra discusses contemporary times by bringing in ethically oriented thinkers such as Hannah Arendt, Søren Kierkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche as well as a number of well-known authors. Mishra is an essayist, novelist, and literary critic. Growing up, he was little interested in school; he just wanted to read. As a college student, he left again to delve into the books. In the prologue to The age of fury he tells about his background and about the intellectual impulses that have influenced him – primarily European and American literature and thinking.
Richard J. Bernstein:
Why Read Hannah Arendt Now?
Polity, England / USA
Why Read Hannah Arendt Now? is written by Richard J. Bernstein, professor of philosophy at The New School for Social Research in New York. In this release, philosopher Hannah Arendt (1906 – 1975) is presented to a wider audience. The reader recognizes the philosopher's themes and issues in the heading of the chapters: stateless and refugees, the right to have rights, Arendt's critique of Zionism, racism and segregation, the banality of evil and so on. The book's publication on the publisher's pages is described almost as a "must", since interest in Arendt's thinking has increased tremendously in recent years. The philosopher's insights are urgent in a time where we experience rising hatred and evil in various forms. Bernstein demonstrates Arendt's ability to describe the darkness of our time, but also to illuminate the path for those who take time for reflection and immersion.
Knut Kjeldstadli:
Work and Class – Historical Perspectives
Pax, Norway
Historian Knut Kjeldstadli has examined our close social history in the era of industrial capitalism: its rise, its heyday and its transformation into information and service capitalism. What are the historical perspectives on work and class? How have people practiced community and collective action? And when did they choose other methods? Today, people are experiencing great uncertainty about their workplaces, and traditional solidarity is changing. Will there be a permanent distinction between the majority population and newcomers in the labor market? And between the "standard worker" and a new "precariat", characterized by an existence of uncertainty and unpredictability.
runnability? It is primarily the environments in Oslo / Kristiania and Telemark that are the starting point for the historian, the author and the professor's new book.
