He has a background as newspaper and magazine editor – for 30 years. He is the editor of our ‘cinepolitical’ documentary magazine Modern Times Review (since 2017).
From 2015-2027 he has been editor/publisher of NY TID (modern times), a Norwegian quarterly non-fiction printed book magazine.
HISTORY: Previous publisher and editor-in-chief of Morgenbladet in Oslo (1993–2003) and Le Monde diplomatique (2003-2013). He was also previously editor of the magazine DOX at EDN for 4 years. Here an old selection will be available in some time (Norwegian/English)…
Latest articles in Modern Times Review:
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Why cash?
ABOLISHING CASH? Although most of us rarely use cash, there is something suspicious about the fact that banks and politicians want to abolish it.
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Raoul Peck: I Am Not Your Negro
To be a director: Raoul Peck’s films I Am Not Your Negro and The Young Karl Marx were both neigh on impossible to catch a glimpse of at the Berlinale.
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Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
The screening of Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt was followed by a panel debate.
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A Communist Manifesto
Is Karl Marx still able to show us the way forward – some 168 years after his book was initially published?
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A Return To Utopia
With a moniker like ‘Modern Times’, it feels natural for us to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Sir Thomas More’s Utopia, published in 1516.
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Solidarity?
The West is increasingly being driven by populism and xenophobia, and time has come to exercise disobedience against the state powers.
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The Presidents You Deserve
At the 2016 Jihlava Documentary Film Festival in October, five films about presidential campaigns were selected. Here are the impressions, ranging from Kennedy to Trump, of the screenings. Will they help us gain better understanding of how to deceive people – or push them off the edge?
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This week’s magazine launch
Modern Times – a new European documentary magazine was launched at this week’s Jihlava International Film Festival.
Some favourite essays:
The Specific Intellectual
In memory of Marker
POV: The War of the spirit
THOUGHT MADE VISIBLE: The movie auteurs
