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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The new uprising
EDITORIAL: Fearing increasing control and surveillance, Hong Kong’s liberal population has experienced the growing presence of Communist China.
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Citizen basic income or negative tax
EDITORIAL: As not all human activities are deemed «profitable» despite potential social or environmental good, what are the options to solve this problem?
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Out of control
EDITORIAL: While states eagerly invest in autonomous weapons and employ drones more frequently, we should ask ourselves if we understand the long-term consequences.
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Our cherished NATO
NATO: On its 70-year birthday, the NATO-led military-industrial complex can congratulate itself with a world that spends more than 1800 billion dollars in preparation for war.
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What’s wrong with Italy?
MAFIA: Two brave Italians with courage: one as a writer, the other as a photographer.
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Stanley Kubrick, the realist
As a filmmaker he has had a significant impact on many of us. In a progressively militarized and technified world, Kubrick remains highly relevant.
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The knot in the heart
PHOTOGRAPHY:For almost 50 years, the photographer Eugene Richards has documented a variety of destinies, from crack addicts to people in emergency rooms and psychiatric hospitals. What has driven him?
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More than human
ENVIRONMENT: Peter Mettler is known for his intuitive and experimental film making. The new film Becoming Animal has also an ecological and philosophical depth, as it involves the Canadian philosopher David Abram.
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Zero conference and Nobel prices
CLIMATE CHANGE: If you are prone to dismiss warnings about environmental destruction as exaggerations, you might as well stop reading right away.
Some favourite essays:
The Specific Intellectual
In memory of Marker
POV: The War of the spirit
THOUGHT MADE VISIBLE: The movie auteurs
