6/2008
Efter kapitalismen [After capitalism]

Sammanfattning / (sv)
National identity and mental geography
Over the last thousand years, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have had multiple identities and been members of several empires. Now, writes the President of Estonia, "we should be looking to create identities that go beyond those that history has foisted upon us". [ more ]
"Hungarian Quarterly" divines the future of the forint; "Index on Censorship" gives libel law a bad press; "Samtiden" doubts whether Norwegian police women are any freer with the hijab; "Le Monde diplomatique" (Berlin) applies the belt to Europe's cordon sanitaire; "Mittelweg 36" sees solidarity outgrow the nation; "Roots" says yes to Europe, but not at any cost; "Kulturos barai" does not dismiss the idea of a new Lithuanian Grand Duchy; "Le Monde diplomatique" (Oslo) calls the European elections a farce; "Rili" wants to keep the market out of universities; and "Fronesis" explains what 2°C means in an expertocracy.

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The editors of the pioneering French politics website explain their concept for bridging the gap between print and the Internet. [more]
Common to new Croatian writing is the postwar experience, with marginal characters exploring tensions between individual and society. [more]
In the twenty years since the fall of communism, literature has been lifting the fog settling over the historical expanses of eastern central Europe. [more]