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(THIS ARTICLE IS MACHINE TRANSLATED by Google from Norwegian)

Erling Kagge:
TO GO – one step at a time
Kagge Forlag, Norway

Publisher, author and philosopher Erling Kagge follows up the book Silence in time of noise. The joy of shutting the world out With another phenomenon it is easy to overlook the meaning of: walking. Walking makes life a little more complicated, because it is more comfortable to take the car, bus, or sit quietly somewhere. TO GO – one step at a time is written in a personal tone, with many references to philosophers and writers. The philosopher Martin Heidegger is introduced early: “It oh be is not just about being in the world the way stones are, but relating to how you are in the world. We humans should, as Heidegger emphasizes, be willing to take on burdens to be free. ”Therefore, if the path of least resistance is chosen, one lives an unfree and dull life. Some people do not have the opportunity to walk on their own, and those who are on the run go far whether they want to or not. Neither of the two groups has fit into the book, there is a downside to it. The book is for healthy feet with a high pace in the western world.

Timothy Morton:
Being Ecological
WITH Press. England

With the rise of modern society, on the way we have destroyed our own thinking ability, says the English philosopher and professor Timothy Morton. On the website www.ecologywithoutnature.blogspot.no he writes about our now distant relationship with "nature", as an object over there. Morton has written several books on "ecological thinking". With Being Ecological he will reach out to more readers, to show that ecology concerns absolutely all of us, whether we are interested or not. Morton writes in the preface that he likes to see his new book similar to a movie, in which professor Graham Harman is the producer, and with sizes like the philosophers Immanuel Kant and Martin Heidegger as responsible producers. Morton has previously collaborated with artists such as Bjørk and Pharrell Williams, and most recently with actor Jeff Bridges (see this month's column on film).

Norman G. Finkelstein:
Gaza: An Inquest into Its Martyrdom
University of California Press. United States

In February, Finkelstein was in Norway and was bathed in several places in the country by doctor Mads Gilbert in connection with the publication of Gaza: An inquest into its martyrdom. Finkelstein is of Jewish descent, and the son of parents who both survived the Holocaust. He is a state scientist and former professor, and has grown up in the United States. The Israel-Palestine conflict has been his concern throughout almost all of the authorship, so also in this release. The theme of his new book is entirely devoted to the unsustainable situation of the people of Gaza, which consists of 2/3 refugees, where half the population is under 18 years of age. The book is the result of extensive work over many years and contains a large source register. The way it takes time, ref. Erling Kagge's new book, it will take time to read Gaza: An inquest into its martyrdom by Norman G. Finkelstein. In addition, it makes life more complicated.

Kaisa Ytterhaug
Kaisa Ytterhaug
Ytterhaug is a freelancer in Ny Tid.

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