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populism

Habermas' new conversation book

PHILOSOPHY: Jürgen Habermas' growing interest in religion in this new conversation book can be interpreted as a symptom that the concept of rationality with which he initially operated was too narrow. Today, philosophy and religion, as well as psychology and a number of other sciences, are struggling to understand or redefine the incomprehensible in our lifeworld.
Eivind Tjønneland -

The father of populism

FASCISM:Benito Mussolini is back to show us how to build a fascist regime of terror. Antonio Scurati, the author of M – son of the century, says in this interview with MODERN TIMES that "Benito Mussolini was like an empty shell, a man without opinions, but with an excess of the courage of opinions".
Hans-Olav Thyvold -

Rethinking democracy

Democracy: The Greeks do not have the patent on the idea of ​​«democracy». And are referendums a necessity to get democracy back on track?
Hans Henrik Fafner -

After corona – a technocratic, planetary order

COVID-19: It is difficult to read Bratton's positive biopolitics as anything other than a form of technocratic authoritarianism – where the subject is a point in a biopolitical network.
Mikkel Bolt -

Lies, manipulation and filth

DEMOCRACY: Anne Applebaum shows how concrete historical events developed a political populism. How can we understand and counteract the forces that want the liberal, democratic, fact-based structure of society to come to life?
Paal Frisvold -

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 -

Increasing reality apathy and blunting

Criticism of modernity: The neoliberal "happiness dispositive's" imperative of happiness regards pain as a failure, a weakness. The pain has become dumb, and consequently speechless and meaningless. But is the consequence that the neoliberal paradigm of freedom is disintegrating?
Luke Lehner -

Why populism?

TRUMP: In the latest issue of Agora with populism as its theme, Donald Trump comes out in two variants: in a very personal version (where he owes just about everything he owns) and as a patrimonial leader in a postmodern USA
Ole Robert Sunde -

Why populism?

TRUMP: In the latest issue of Agora with populism as its theme, Donald Trump comes out in two variants: in a very personal version (where he owes almost everything he owns) and as a patrimonial leader in a postmodern United States.
Ole Robert Sunde -

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 individual participation to authoritarian politics

POLICY: Does technology development destabilize modern democracies? China can be seen as a positive counterpart to the West.
Anders Dunk -

Up from the basement, into the war

The basement man must also participate in the restructuring of mankind. This is what Carsten Jensen forgets.
Niels Johan Juhl-Nielsen -

The inadequacy of the concept of populism

Populism is not a negative response to neoliberalism, but neoliberalism's own instrument, says sociologist Éric Fassin.
Mikkel Bolt -

Hope in front of the abyss 

European intellectuals discuss the continent's crisis in an engaging way in the debate book Endestation Europa. 
Steffen Moestrup -

"Trump, the whole Trump and nothing but the Trump"?

Under a dark cloud of vulgar Donald Trump, it seems that it has become free to bluff. To all. 
John Y. Jones -

Eva Joly: "Norway stands alone in Europe"

She has been called crazy, icy and revolutionary by the French establishment, and is a seasoned participant in Europe's most important political arena. Ny Tid has met Eva Joly.
Paal Frisvold -

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