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Religious notions

SUNNI AND SJIA: The religious contradictions between the two main directions of Islam are not so great. But in conflicts between countries and groups, they are used for everything they are worth.
Kjetil Korslund -

The age of the platforms

MEDIA: Author Geert Lovink analyzes contemporary use of social media and looks at a possible end to "platform nihilism".
Melita Zajc -

A dangerous transhumanism

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Nick Dyer-Whitford is a ring fox in critical studies of technology and artificial intelligence. He also criticizes luxury communism and the so-called accelerationists.
Anders Dunk -

Dingseveldet – the dupe dites in the online stores

Multiplicity: Can a thing materialism rebuild a collective idea of ​​society?
Marianne Solberg -

From the mass party and the TV party to today's digital party

FACEBOOK'S POLITICAL PAGE? The new "digital" parties are experimenting with social media in order to reinvent the party form and eliminate the distance that has arisen between political leaders and the population.
Mikkel Bolt -

The Ritualization of Racism

DRUG POLICE: In Colombia, the use of violence by both drug cartels and authorities has become somewhat ritualistic.
Hans Henrik Fafner -

What is freedom without governance?

paternalism: Sunstein advocates active social manipulation to help us make smarter choices. In the book On Freedom, he questions whether free choice actually promotes human welfare.
Henning Næs -

In the shadow of the caste society

INDIA CONFLICTS: India's major economic growth, under Narendra Modi, has deepened the social differences. The coexistence of the many religious groups
Hans Henrik Fafner -

Spear tactics and the camouflage of rights

POWER ABUSE: Human rights and justice in general are a positive value that can end in cynical manipulation. New book perspective the concept.
Hans Henrik Fafner -

On a tandem bike into the future

Nuclear Weapons: Despite repeated demonstrations, nuclear weapons are still with us, and they are at least as dangerous as before. This book contains what you need to know about the history of nuclear weapons.
Andrew P. Kroglund -

Black fog and black tourism

Atomic Race: MODERN TIMES here brings another angle to the same important book, more from a "radical geography".
Hans Henrik Fafner -

Steinhardt grasped the geology

GEOLOGY: Everyone can and should learn more about geology, says Marcia Bjornerud. However, her well-intentioned attempts to bring the subject's insights to life are on the rise.
Kjetil Korslund -

Ask everything!

Thinker: William Godwin was one of the most important thinkers of his time, but today he is almost forgotten.
Kjetil Korslund -

The anarchic path is the only right one

REVOLUTION? Initially, the outcry was, says John Holloway, with ideological stance in Zapatism.
Hans Henrik Fafner -

Gandhi put into perspective

GANDHI: History professor Talat Ahmet has written a nuanced and thought-provoking biography of Gandhi, with special emphasis on his thoughts on civil disobedience and nonviolent protest.
Hans Henrik Fafner -

New borders in Europe

CONTROL: Today's European refugee policy is no longer about respect for free movement but about control.
Hans Henrik Fafner -
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Rich full-format MODERN TIMES including the supplement 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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