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Misleading view of China

GEOPOLITICS: In The Battle for World Power, Tunsjø is guilty of 'mirror imaging'. In recent decades, the United States has started a large number of wars and supported a large number of coup d'états, while in the same period China has actually built up trust in various states in the Third World.
Ola Tunander -

Hegel's relevance – an attempt to show his relevance today

PHILOSOPHY: Sigurd Hverven emphasizes the procedural aspects of Hegel and draws the conclusion that philosophy is "to grasp one's own time in thought". His book about the German philosopher has gone a long way to becoming a self-help book for young adults and also provides examples of the philosophical consequences of smartphone use, child rearing and love relationships.
Eivind Tjønneland -

A caricature of China

USA / CHINA: The elephant in space is the United States' Cold War against China. Jan Arild Snoen's China book is a political pamphlet or insult out of step with the world.
Jan Øberg -

Many Norwegian conservatives will nod appreciatively to Burke

A DOUBLE BIOGRAPHY: Since the 1950s, Burke's ideas have undergone a renaissance. Opposition to rationalism and atheism is strong among the 40-50 million evangelical Christian Americans.
Andrew P. Kroglund -

The anatomy of democracy

Fukuyama: Francis Fukuyama is one of the world's foremost democracy theorists, and this book gives an updated introduction to his overall authorship.
Kjetil Korslund -

From naïve national socialism to a renewed ecological philosophy?

CONCLUSION: As existential anxiety today rises among people, Heidegger's philosophy may have some utility. Is it therefore possible to read parts of him today without just focusing on his Nazi sympathies?
Sigurd Ohrem -

Caught in our own snare

In this ecological martial art, two academics declare a settlement with their own generation on behalf of their grandchildren. The result is a bumpy but sincere book – which succeeds best when it calls for direct action and declares ecological state of emergency.
Anders Dunk -

The philosophy of life and nature

How should we understand nature's relationship to our man-made culture?
Svein Hammer -

Between the nursery and the court

Although cultural radicals are allowed to review Kaj Skagen's assessment of "the Norwegian", much of the thinking in the book comes from one of its foremost representatives, namely Jens Bjørneboe. 
Henning Næs -

The Liberal Utopia

Above all, it is we who do not blame liberalism for everything that is wrong here in the world, which should dwell on this book. 
Svein Hammer -

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