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Everyone starts life as narcissists

ESSAY: A reaction to the deconstruction of the subject is today a new subjective wave where everyone must rediscover themselves. Should some publishers protect such authors from themselves?
Eivind Tjønneland -

When mother dies

ESSAY: The death of mother became unbearable.
signe.odegaard@gmail.com -

Mjøsa: Place sense and carrier bag

ESSAY: The constant focus on work, busyness and productivity removes us from a neighborhood between things – every day there are people who can feel that something is also breaking in them.
Alexander Carnera -

Islam's forgotten culture and the meaning of Sufism

: What is the change that has taken place in a culture that has fascinated explorers and free thinkers for centuries?
Alexander Carnera -

I have it in my mouth

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kunstner.talen@online.no -

Peer Gynt 150 years – but lives at its best

: With the national satire Peer Gynt, Ibsen made a catalog of so-called «Norwegian values»: the urge to dream away, ambivalence, lies, megalomania and a solid dose of selfishness.
Eivind Tjønneland -

Keyboard and thought

Alexander Carnera: Experience on the edge

: Alexander Carnera weaves writing and thinking exemplary together. 
Kjetil Røed -

Why capitalism creates meaningless jobs

: There are some out there who do silly jobs just to keep us busy.
David Graeber -

"Our violence is unparalleled in the history of the globe"

: Our nature consumption has already wiped out hundreds of cultures and thousands of species. Soon it may also threaten our local pockets of wealth and order. 
Erland Kiøsterud -

Ecosocialism – a Utopia of our time

: ESSAY: The utopian believes in progress, but the idea of ​​progress can also be cold, ruthless and irresponsible. Espen Hammer asks if it is finally time to make the oldest of everything – nature – our great utopia. 
Espen Hammer -

The ecology of conversation

: Author Erland Kiøsterud responds to philosophy professor Arne Johan Vetlesen by discussing the almost ubiquitous violence in society, in nature and in thinking.
Erland Kiøsterud -

Bengt Jangfeldts: A Russian History

: Ole Robert Sunde follows the futuristic journey of the educator Bengt Jangfeldt along the Soviet 1970s.
Ole Robert Sunde -

The ethos of the essay – the five legends

: Ny Tid brings here the speech given by Carnera at Gyldendal on 1 October at the launch of the last Window, with a theme about the essay.
Alexander Carnera -

The Norwegian essay

: A somewhat arbitrary – or should we say unnatural – overview of essay writing in our small country.
Ole Robert Sunde -

Hans Blumenberg – critic and myth creator

: The mythical dimension of politics can quickly become an unpleasant topic – but myth-making is also an indispensable part of our practical life, according to German Hans Blumenberg.
Eivind Tjønneland -

About Norwegian essayists

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Truls Lie -

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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