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There is hope for better times for the past

Leidulf Melve and Eivind Heldaas Seland: What is global history

HISTORY: National-cultivating historiography has characterized Norway for several decades, but Leidulf Melve and Eivind Heldaas Seland show the way out of disability.
Dag Herbjørnsrud -

Young adults from the most conflict-ridden areas in the world

Shilan Ahmadian, Ingeborg Aspfors-Sveen, Camilla Bruu Næsmo: Stories about escape

REFUGEES: These are heartbreaking and shocking stories – despite the fact that they appear toned down and without excessive dramatization.
Maria Alnæs -

Objective, free / independent, socially responsible, critically investigative, activist, subjective and dialogical

Steen Steensen and Harald Hornmoen: The philosophy of journalism

Journalism: Via the pragmatic philosophy, Steen Steensen and Harald Hornmoen create great relevance and applicability in their thoughtful writing about journalism.
Steffen Moestrup -

Low crisis awareness and unresolved climate challenges

Ann Karin Larssen, Gjert Lage Dyndal: Strategic management in crisis and crisis. The Norwegian system

CRISIS: The state's crisis management is not enough, as Norway as an oil-producing nation ignores the recommendations that the oil should remain in the ground.
Niels Johan Nielsen -

New times for war and evil

: – Time to prevent more use of biological warfare, autonomous weapon systems and mercenaries.
Truls Lie -

Healthy skepticism about alternative perspectives

Asbjørn Dyrendal, Terje Emberland: What are conspiracy theories?

CONSPIRATION THEORIES: The web abounds in conspiracy theories that can become both a driving force and a tool for political propaganda and suspicion of the other party.
Sigurd Ohrem -

The escape from humanity

Jan Grue: It was once a human being – Posthumanism as thought and tendency

POSTHUMANISM: Jan Grue's essay succeeds as a time picture and critique by virtue of being a personal and ambiguous approach.
Anders Dunk -

Krimmigrasjons policy

Thomas Ugelvik: Social control

: Hot communitarian trends locally can go hand in hand with the development of spider-like surveillance institutions or fence-building nationally and internationally. What is social control?
Sigurd Ohrem -

Books

Azra & Maria Gilani / Ellen Reiss & Linda Noor (eds.) / Ole Jacob Madsen: A Muslim Mother's Fight / Radicalization. Phenomenon and Prevention / Generation Achievement

: A Muslim Mother's Struggle / Radicalization. Phenomenon and Prevention / Generation Achievement
Maren valves -

When the self breaks down

Paul Møller: Schizophrenia

: Schizophrenia is still a mystery to researchers, but Paul Møller has given us a knowledgeable book about the phenomenon.
Sigurd Ohrem -

Idealist public history

Jostein Gripsrud (ed.): Allmenningen. The history of the Norwegian public

: Jostein Gripsrud seems to have strayed from what does not fit with the ideal notion of the rational Norwegian public. Such idealism is dangerous.
Eivind Tjønneland -

Human rights of special interest

Andreas Føllesdal, Morten Ruud and Geir Ulfstein (eds.): Human rights and Norway. Legal development, legalization and democracy

: Democracy is weakened by premiss supranational courts, the Power Inquiry stated already in 2003. What about human rights in this picture?
lpolaussen@jus.uio.no -

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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