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(b.1943 in Poland) came to Sweden in 1945 by the Bernadotte Aid. He studied philosophy, English, and political science at Gothenburg University and journalism at the University of South Florida. He worked at several dailies and at the Swedish Radio and Television Corporation until, in 1982, he became editor-in-chief for culture at Dagens Nyheter, Sweden's largest morning daily. He left his position in 1998, voicing sharp criticism of monopoly tendencies involving the parent company. During Ruth's final period in office, reports in Dagens Nyheter about forced sterilization and the Nazi gold question influenced the Swedish government to set up special investigative commissions.
As an essayist, Arne Ruth has contributed to journals in Scandinavia, the German-speaking countries, France, and the United States, focusing on aspects of European culture and politics. Among his most noted achievements as an author is a book on the arts under fascism: Staging Society: Aesthetics and Politics in the Third Reich (co-authored with Ingemar Karlsson). Arne Ruth is, among other commitments, on the board of the Swedish Helsinki Committe, the Swedish chapter of Reporters Sans Frontiers, and the Ship to Bosnia project for the establishment of a Cultural Centre for Reconciliation in Lipnica, Bosnia. He is also member of the Eurozine advisory board.Eurozine Articles
Myths of neutrality
Ignoring the Holocaust in Sweden and Switzerland
In Sweden and Switzerland, complicity in the Holocaust was for a long time ignored. It was only as a result of foreign publicity that national myths of neutrality gave way to admissions of responsibility, writes Arne Ruth. [French version added] [more]
Breaking the bonds of national mythology
Memory and European citizenship
In many European countries, a nationally framed approach to history clashes with those of neighbouring states. What is the role of intellectuals in disputes over contested history and can cross-border journalism build an element of real universality into the European project? [more]
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Mediekritikk er medienes ansvar
Arne Ruth i samtale med Knut Olav Åmås
I norsk presse er det den kollektive tolkningen av verden som har vunnet, sier Arne Ruth i en samtale med Knut Olav Åmås. Den kompakte, kollegiale samstemtheten er et alvorlig problem for mediekritikken. Massemediene må lære seg å bli vant til å bli kikket i kortene, og å få sin utøvelse av makt gransket virkelig kritisk. [more]
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