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Forum Axess 1999–2004 by Kurt Almqvist

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Forum Axess 1999–2004 * The objective of Forum Axess is to disseminate the results of scholarly work and research and generate conditions for bringing together academics, journalists, writers, the business community and the general public. The Foundation’s vision is to support individuals, ideas and humanistic projects that run the risk of finding themselves outside current trends, but which, in the long-term, are deemed to be of decisive benefit to the public interest by preserving traditions and by renewing and developing society. The motto is “excellence and access”. The Foundation focuses on a small number of humanistic areas and projects that have prospects of providing effects deemed to be long-term and of high quality. Driven by a sense of civic responsibility, the Foundation is to conduct activities of long-term, decisive importance for the development of society from a comparative international perspective. The aim of its activities is to initiate and explore new ideas and methods and to transfer the knowledge to society. A community thrives on human encounters. The Foundation is to constitute a forum for independent, intellectual and spiritual discussion in Sweden, for which an important element is to introduce the international, interdisciplinary humanist debate. The Foundation’s publishing arm summarizes the diverse 7

forum axess 1999–2004 activities of the Foundation and makes them accessible to the general public through publications in the form of books, a humanistic scientific magazine and television programmes. Kurt Almqvist CEO Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation Stockholm, May 4th 2005

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The Engelsberg Seminar * The Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation’s Engelsberg Seminar is a forum for promoting independent discussion of practical and spiritual matters of importance to Swedish society and culture, and promotes Sweden’s ongoing contribution to international, interdisciplinary humanist debate.

1999 The Swedish Success Story? 24th to 27th of august at engelsberg manor

The modern project promises that man can create the world anew. Sweden in the 20th century was a supreme embodiment of that promise. During that century it evolved from a minor state on the fringe of Northern Europe – with no foreign policy function in the European system of states (other than as a potential ally of Germany in a way against Russia), and with a population many of whom dreamed of getting out of the country as soon as possible – to a world ideological alternative. The formula was already expressed in 1936, in Marquis Childs’ book “Sweden: the Middle Way”, in which Sweden was seen as a possible midway between the individualist USA and the collectivist Soviet Union. Sweden seemed to represent compromise, a balance between self-assertion and subjugation. Modernity aims to eliminate contradictions between freedom and equality, between state and society. In many people’s 9

the engelsberg seminar eyes, no state achieved more headway in these respects during the 20th century than Sweden. Sweden became a symbol of modernity. The freedom which Sweden sought to realise has been a “freedom to”, aimed at making possible a “freedom from”. In this “freedom from” modernity seeks its own enigma, its own inherent meaning. Sweden in the 20th century was also to actively assimilate the notion that it could abolish the contradictions of modernity. Modernity became Sweden’s self-image: the promise of a future which had left historical ties behind it, a harmonisation of modernity sustained by perpetual and continuous peace. Sweden entered its fourth age of greatness: at one time (in the 17th century) a military power, in the 18th century it had become a great power in the field of science (Linnaeus, Celsius and others) and then, in the late 19th century, became a great power in the field of engineering (“industries of genius”): telecommunications, ball bearings, electronics. Starting in the 1930s, Sweden faced the modern age with its eyes wide open, and the fourth age of greatness began. In this perspective, the Second World War could only be termed a deviation, a temporary dip in the development curve. The casus belli between the great powers was really no concern of Sweden’s: the war centred round problems which Swedish society had already left behind it. Then, after the war ended, the modernity project could be resumed with full vigour. Under Social Democratic leadership a welfare state was formed, intended to give people the freedom which would enable them to realise their nature and in doing so find the meaning of secular life. In one field after another Sweden, in relation to the size of its population, took the lead. An advanced technological culture resulted among other things in Sweden having two car manufacturers when nearly all other comparable countries had none at all. Swedish industry was able almost single-handed to rearm the country’s armed forces with ultra-modern weaponry. A closeknit social insurance system appeared to provide comprehensive security. Equality between the sexes is another pivotal criterion of a country’s modernity. Here again, Sweden took the lead. 10

the engelsberg seminar For just over a decade now, though, the Swedish self-image has been disintegrating. “The world’s most modern country” – the paradigm no longer serves as a benchmark for the future. Sweden seems to have lagged behind; Swedish self-esteem is rocking on its heels. The welfare consensus supporting postwar society has been broken. What used to be the bulwark against harmful influences from the outside world – the policy of neutrality – seems to have lost its relevance in a world from which the great power blocks have vanished. After accession to the EU, NATO membership beckons: Sweden’s go-it-alone is finished and the sense of leading the world and being unique has gone. Sweden itself no longer believes in modernity – in the model of progress, willingness to negotiate and technical progress which was once fundamental. Such, in part, is the perspective in which we have found the themes for this conference, aimed at drawing up a balance sheet for Sweden’s 20th century. lecturers: Håkan Arvidsson, Henrik Berggren, Sheri Berman, Per Olof Bolander, Göran Dahl, Kajsa Ekholm Friedman, Jonas Frykman, Kristian Gerner, Kay Glans, Bernt Henningsen, Madeleine Hurd, Anders Isaksson, Alf W Johansson, Rune Johansson, Mikael af Malmborg, Per Molander, Ann-Sofie Ohlander, Olav Riste, Hans Ingvar Roth, Kim Salomon, Patrick Salmon, Fredrik Schoug, Bo Stråth, Rolf Torstendahl, Kjell Östberg. Moderated by Kay Glans, Alf W. Johansson, Kristian Gerner and Kim Salomon.

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2000 Visions of the Future 26th to 28th of august in association with the odd engström foundation at avesta manor and engelsberg manor

The 20th century came to an unexpected ending. For a long time during the Cold War, two evenly balanced blocks appeared to be confronting each other, but suddenly the communist empires collapsed, at the same time as the capitalist societies introduced a revolution of information technology, the further consequences of which we can, at present, only guess at. Meanwhile the outlines are appearing of a genetic engineering revolution which is probably going to change the world even more than the IT revolution has done already. There have been other periods in history when people have felt themselves faced with steadily accelerating changes, but never, it seems, has that feeling been more justified than today. We have a profound crisis of orientation: everything that used to be solid is evaporating; the old patterns of interpretation are weighed and found wanting. What economic, political, and technical opportunities and problems lie ahead of us and by what values and norms are our actions to be governed? The unexpected ending of the 20th century reminds us of the unpredictability of the future developments, but without asking questions of this kind we will be less prepared than ever for the complex issues with which we are going to be confronted. The world that is now taking shape as we enter the 21st century seems different in many ways from the world we have been accustomed to. What kind of society awaits us? What role will be played by the national state and what future lies in store for political democracy? What counterpoises will there be to global capitalism? What will the working life of the future be like? How will science and technology develop? What kind of wars and conflicts will we see in the future? What is the import of being human if we are able to take evolution into our own hands, and what would be the political 12

the engelsberg seminar and cultural implications of such possibilities? What will become of our collective and individual identity in a world so changeable and devoid of frontiers? What will become of imagination and artistic narrative in a culture where opportunities for virtual experience and interactivity are so great and in which reality itself is tending to become more and more virtual? lecturers: Harold Bloom, Ingvar Carlsson, Martin van Creveld, Rolf Ekéus, Bernt Ericson, Henry Etzkowitz, Kay Glans, Nils Karlson, David Kimche, Allan Larsson, Dan Laurin, Robert Jay Lifton, Mikael Löfgren, Michael Maccoby, Lars Magnusson, Anders Mortensen, Ulf Pettersson, Agneta Pleijel, Jeffrey Rosen, Johan Rådberg, Saskia Sassen, Robert J. Shapiro, Joan Solomon, Johan Svedjedal, Peter Sylwan, John Ziman. Moderated by Göran Rosenberg.

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2001 The Future of Religion 15th to 17th of june at avesta manor and engelsberg manor

Why does religion matter? Many answers have been put forth including that it grounds values, creates purpose and gives meaning in an ontological sense to our existence. Often science turns religious experience into epiphenomenona but unfortunately offers nothing in return. How can modern society deal with this deficit of meaning? The position of religion in the western world today presents a contradictory picture. On the one hand there are many indications of a far-reaching secularisation having taken place. Traditional religions are in many places losing adherents and common knowledge of tradition is diminishing. Has the individual, in religion as in other matters, become an individualistic, “cherry-picking” consumer? There are indications that the hectic pace of the information society and its insistence on flexibility probably is transforming the conditions governing religious experience. Man’s increasing progression, through science and technology, from being created to himself becoming a creator, is probably also impacting on his relation to religion. On the other hand, it is arguable that secularisation is a myth. Perhaps people today believe in other things and in other ways and possibly this really implies a revitalisation of religious life. Now, just as previously, there is a great need of meaning and coherence, and the discrediting of the political utopias, which in many ways were substitute religions, has put religion back in focus again. Science is triumphant but apparently has little to say about the meaning of existence and the nature of good and evil, even though it sometimes takes on an element of religious conviction itself. The new choices confronting us, for example due to the development of biotechnology, are perhaps making the normative system of religion still more important. There are fears today 14

the engelsberg seminar of western societies being fragmented, partly because they are no longer held together by common convictions and norms, and religion is perhaps necessary as an integrating force. At the same time religion is obviously contributing towards fragmentation by giving rise to sects and fundamentalist movements. How can religious convictions be united with the pluralism of modern society and its insistence on respect for dissidents? Will the fundamentalist movements, like communism, be vanquished by western liberalism, individualism and consumerism, or will they, on the contrary, acquire added importance? Or will the Gnostic ”tradition” instead shape the future, with its scepticism towards doctrinal faith and its emphasis on inward enlightenment? lecturers: Whitney Bodman, José Casanova, Harvey Cox, Erik Davis, Rolf Ekéus, Antoine Faivre, John Farrell, John F Haught, Paul Heelas, Massimo Introvigne, Robert Jay Lifton, Morton Narrowe, Elaine Pagels, Gilles Quispel. Moderated by Michael Maccoby.

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2002 Consciousness, Genetics and Society 14th to 16th of june at avesta manor All beings so far have created something beyond themselves. Do you want to be the ebb of that great tide, and revert back to the beast rather than surpass mankind? What is the ape to a man? A laughing-stock, a thing of shame. And just so shall a man be to the Superman: a laughing-stock, a thing of shame. You have evolved from worm to man, but much within you is still worm. Once you were apes, yet even now man is more of an ape than any of the apes. Friedrich Nietzsche Thus Spake Zarathustra

Does scientific research exist for man, as we understand him today, or is man something that exists for research, in its endeavour to realize the new man? Friedrich Nietzsche prophesied about this a little more than a hundred years ago, but where do we stand today? Nietzsche’s interpretation of Darwin’s theory interestingly portends present discourse. The claims of the new biotechnology – apprehensions aside – must be allowed to be tested and in routine democratic order be addressed, in advance, by an earnest and serious debate concerning its potential consequences. What prospects has mankind, given the blessings of science in the shape of cloning, artificial intelligence and organ banking? How do theologians, philosophers, historians and social scientists look upon this progression? What is the humanistic response to what appears to be a new and seemingly victorious paradigm? Is it due time to ask if evolutionary biology has gone too far by claiming issues that perhaps only can be addressed by philosophy and theology? Biology seems to maintain that it is essentially only a matter of degree alone and not one of kind that separates man from other animals. The resistance to the new technological advancements in the field of biology and genetics likely derives from this very demotion and even qualitative deterioration in man’s status, value and significance in 16

the engelsberg seminar the cosmos. In short, his ontological significance, even his very being, appears to be under attack from an apparently impersonal rational demiurge lacking all accountability: an altogether rational, free-floating, scientific reason. Yet how does the present level of progress of science look from an historical perspective? What about science’s history of broken promises? On what exactly does this culture’s immense optimism but also its apprehensiveness hinge? Are we the victims of a utilitarian bordering on pedestrian philosophy when individual suffering can be examined only in the shadow of a far greater but entirely unpredictable future? Could it be that we are facing a new battle of universals, out of which will emerge a wholly new vision of man? At the Engelsberg Seminar, no answers are taken for granted and all avenues of approach are kept wide open. Yet one thing is certain: if biotechnology is able to keep its promise, then we are situated squarely in the middle of Nietzsche’s prophecy. Perhaps nothing can prevent this development, but then perhaps we can try to understand it, should we perchance remain the same human beings following the future triumph of biotechnology. lecturers: Martin Alda, Luke Anderson, Erwin Bischofberger, Leonard Guarente, Richard Heinberg, Evelyn Fox Keller, Georg Klein, Kenan Malik, Johnjoe McFadden, Mary Midgley, Max More, Raja Ramanna, Hilary Rose, Steven Rose, Lee M Silver, Sverre Sjölander, Robert Wright, P. A. Zavos. Moderated by Michael Maccoby.

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2003 Towards a Cosmopolitan Culture? Future Consequences of Religion, Ethnicity and Migration 13th to 15th of june at avesta manor

Europe in recent decades has been increasingly characterised by an ethnic and cultural diversity with a growing non-European element. The conflicts and problems arising in this connection are perhaps to be viewed as a species of teething trouble on the road to a fruitful hybrid culture. Coupled with a growth of socio-economic stratification, they can also mark the beginning of a profound fragmentation whereby ethnic subcultures, instead of being integrated with European societies, reject the values and norms of the dominant culture. There are fears of such a society becoming characterised by strong suspicion and hostility, a “conflict of civilisations” in the everyday context. The trend towards even greater ethnic and cultural diversity in Europe seems inevitable in the century that lies ahead of us. The European population is ageing steadily, and all the indications are that its low nativity will have to be made up for by means of large-scale immigration. What will it take for this kind of Europe to become a smooth-running society? What demands will be made on European societies and on people migrating to them? On what philosophical and political foundations is such a society to rest? What, for example, will be the role of religion? Will a cosmopolitan culture arise as a consequence of generation changes, with new generations becoming less and less tied to their ethnic identity and adopting a global culture and lifestyle? Or will separate identities flourish but prove less of a problem than expected; perhaps the fear of them is just a legacy from the homogenisation ideals of modernism? There are perhaps important lessons to be learned for the future by studying the situation in present-day Europe. Different countries – France, Britain and Germany, to take just a 18

the engelsberg seminar few examples – have adopted different standpoints on immigration, and comparisons between them could provide important clues for what a future policy might bring, and what can Europe learn from the United States, with its long tradition of being a melting pot? lecturers: Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Catherine Audard, Elazar Barkan, Zygmunt Bauman, Norman Birnbaum, Philip Bobbitt, Michael Bommes, Ingvild Saelid Gilhus, Nathan Glazer, David Goodhart, Christopher Hitchens, Russell Jacoby, Jytte Klausen, Adam Kuper, Kenan Malik, Richard Swartz. Moderated by Göran Rosenberg.

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2004 Media and Media Power june 17th to 19th at avesta manor

It is a widespread perception today that reality and media images are merging, the media becoming our reality. Shakespeare’s words “All the world’s a stage” would today be expressed: ”All the world’s a studio”. We are bombarded with images and information from a global media network, which is spreading an increasingly fine-meshed net over our everyday world and our self-perception. Narcissus sees his reflection today not in a pond, but a screen. What mind creates this symbiosis between media and mentality? Power over opinion has always been an important dimension in politics, but today the dramaturgy of the media probably has more influence than ever before. How does it affect politicians and the thrust of politics? If the media really have such power over politics and the mind, there is reason to ask who has power over the media and what governs the actions of these players. How do editors and journalists perceive the world? What do they base their stance on? Do media owners have set agendas, or do they simply try to adapt to whatever they think will sell? How do media moguls deal with other centres of power – political, economic and military? What power do advertisers have over the editorial content of the media? What role do the media play in forming the new world order, today seemingly dominated by the USA? On the one hand, ownership in the media world is being concentrated; on the other hand, control over information has been much more difficult to acquire. During the war on Iraq, a network of individuals in the USA created their own alternative news agency, Commandpost.com. From Baghdad, via a webblog, the Iraqi Salam Pax gave his views on the war – critical both of Saddam and the USA. No discussion on media power today can ignore the small players. They are developing new behavioural patterns, both as producers and as consumers. The question is if in the final analysis it is the consumers, through their preferences, who have the last word, rather than the com20

the engelsberg seminar mercial media. Criticism of the media for “dumbing down” could then be rephrased: where have all the thinking consumers gone? Or is it conceivably so that mass media and mass communication require archetypal themes to dramatize the message in order to capture its readers/spectators? Are mass media consumers furthermore in fact stirred by low gossip and great stories whether true or false in substance? If this is the formula that media is, consciously or unconsciously, determined by – where are we to end up in the future? lecturers: Sidney Blumenthal, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Niklas Ekdal, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Jonathan Fenby, David Frum, David Goodhart, Roy Greenslade, Isabel Hilton, Shuli Hu, Laurent Joffrin, John Lloyd, Edward Lucas, Adam Michnik, Anna Politkovskaya, William H. Roedy, Nathan Shachar, Thomas Steinfeld, Tarun Tejpal, Shashi Tharoor. Moderated by Kay Glans, Ove Joanson and Christine Ockrent.

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International Seminars * Psychological Utopias, symposium led by Petteri Pietikäinen at Avesta Manor on the 16th–18th of June 2000. lecturers: Jonathan Beecher, Paul Bishop, Alan C. Elms, Alexander Etkind, Olav Hammer, Gottfried Hauer, Juhani Ihanus, Bruce Mazlish, Inga Sanner, Janet Stewart and Lennart Warring. The Gnostic Religion, seminar with Harold Bloom at Skeppsbron 24 on the 31st of August 2000. On Shakespeare, seminar with Harold Bloom at Skeppsbron 24 on the 2nd of September 2000. Violence in Schools Seminar with Allan Guggenbühl at Skeppsbron 24 on the 14th of November 2000. Right Livelihood Award 2000 Seminar with the Award Winners at Skeppsbron 24 on the 12th of December 2000 with Jakob von Uexkull. lecturers: Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher, (Ethiopia), Munir, (Indonesia), Birsel Lemke, (Turkey), Wes Jackson, (USA). Compact Cities, Green Cities or Network Cities? The Human City Seminar at The Modern Museum in Stockholm on the 6th of February 2001. Moderated by Johan Rådberg. 23

international seminars American Politics after Bill Clinton,, seminar with Robert J. Shapiro at Skeppsbron 24 on the 22nd of May 2001. The Reckoning Heart – An Anthropologist Looks at Her Worlds, seminar with Manisha Roy at Skeppsbron 24 on the 27th of August 2001. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar at Skeppsbron 24 on the 26th and 27th of October 2001. lecturers: Jay Livernois and Allan Guggenbühl among others. Towards a Global Society? A one-day-conference at Stockholm School of Economics in association with SSE and Finanstidningen on the 21st of February 2002. Globalization is a pivotal and explosive concept in current debate, but its meaning is uncertain. Both the advocates and the opponents of globalization assume that a thoroughgoing change has taken place. The advocates maintain that a global free market will in the long term benefit everyone and promote a democratic society. The opponents allege that globalization is creating a world of growing inequality, with the strong exploiting the weak and that it is fragmenting society and undermining democracy. There are also sceptics who until recently have maintained that today’s situation is not really all that different and that in many ways the world was more global before the First World War. If they are right, opposition to globalization is very much concerned with other things, with responsibility for the shortcomings of different political solutions being foisted on an anonymous global capital, veiling our own responsibility, as consumers, for the course of development. In this case, criticism of a global commercial culture is perhaps more a matter of doubting the ability of traditional culture to create identity and meaning. What is reality and what is illusion in notions of globalization? How much of the resistance to it is opposition of the claims of the USA to set an example to other countries, i.e. a reworking of anti-Americanism? Who are the winners and the losers by globalization, if indeed any such distinction is possible, and how are any political 24

international seminars tensions arising to be dealt with? How do the advocates respond to criticism of globalization for entailing heavy political and social costs? What do the opponents’ alternatives amount to on closer inspection? How much of their criticism is rooted in old notions of western imperialism? What will the latest developments in the world, after the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, mean for globalization? Can the reaction mean the end to globalization or will it on the contrary speed up the process of global consolidation? This conference is aimed at bringing together advocates, opponents and sceptics to discuss the serious implications of globalization and how it is viewed in different regions of the world, not least outside the West. lecturers: Jagdish Bhagwati, Rolf Ekéus, Bo Ekman, Shafik Gabr, Viveca Ax:son Johnson, Sunil Khilnani, David Kimche, Surin Pitsuwan, Magnus Ranstorp, Bassam Tibi, Hernando de Soto, Robert J. Shapiro. Moderated by Ulf Wickbom. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar lecture by Paul Roazen, “Psychoanalysis – Winners and Losers”, at Skeppsbron 24 on the 17th of May 2002. Literature Seminar with Katherine Hayles at Skeppsbron 24 on the 28th of May 2002. Evolutionary Psychology, seminar with Robert Wright at Skeppsbron 24 on the 17th of June 2002. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with Stanislav Grof ”Psychology of the Future – Lessons from Modern Consciousness Research” at Skeppsbron 24 on the 30th of August 2002. From Sick Care to Health Care in the Age of Learning at The Swedish Medical Society led by Petteri Pietikäinen and Michael Maccoby on the 7th and 8th of September 2002. 25

international seminars The present day problems are well-known: rising costs, limited access to treatment, an explosion of knowledge, variability of treatments, and errors causing avoidable deaths. It is proposed that these problems will not be solved without addressing the mode of production of medical care, transforming a craft industry focused on sick care to healthcare system organized according to the knowledge-service mode of production. This would involve patients in co-production facilitated by new forms of partnering and use of the Internet. It would require teams of physicians, nurses, and administrators using informatics to determine common practice and pathways. It would shift the logic of care from a biomedical to a biopsychosocial and epidemiological model. Unless this shift is made, there is a danger that policy makers will try to fit care into a manufacturing mode of production as a way of cutting costs and variability. The result would probably be to limit the autonomy of physicians and their ability to develop relations of trust and co-production with their clients. This is, to some extent, already happening. The purpose of the seminar is to discuss the following questions: Do we agree that this change is necessary? If so, what are ways of facilitating change? lecturers: Lawrence Altman, Mats G. Hansson, Marie Clark Nelson, Roger Bulger, David M. Lawrence, Richard Normann, Johan Calltorp, Carola Lemne, Stanley Pappelbaum, Göran Rosenberg. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with Michael Maccoby at Skeppsbron 24 on the 5th of September 2002. Identity and Globalization Seminar with Richard E Doner at Skeppsbron 24 on the 27th of September 2002. New Urbanism – an Introduction to the Art of City Building, Urban City Research Seminar at Tullhus 2 on the 11th and 12th of October 2002. lecturers: Ellen Dunham-Jones, David Rudlin and Jeff Speck. Moderated by Jerker Söderlind. 26

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40 Years of The New York Review of Books, seminar with Robert B Silvers at Skeppsbron 24 on the 3rd of December 2002. Identity and Globalization Seminar with Razeen Sally at Skeppsbron 24 on the 7th of December 2002. The Prospect of Prospect – Can Intellectual Journalism Succeed?, seminar with Alexander Linklater at Skeppsbron 24 on the 12th of December 2002. The Role of Sweden and Thailand in Their Respective Regions: Similarities and Differences, a two-day-seminar at the Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand on the 26th and 27th of February 2003. lecturers: Anders Hellner, Theera Nuchpiam, Pisanu Sunthraraks, Charit Tingsabadh and Sverker Åström. Hong Kong, China and the Future, lecture by Emily Lau in association with the Swedish Institute of International Affairs on the 23rd of April 2003. A Study of Neo-Traditional Tourist Amenities, Urban City Research Seminar with Claudia Trillo at Skeppsbron 24 on the 25th of April 2003. The Modernity of Religion in India, seminar with Pankaj Mishra at Skeppsbron 24 on the 16th of May 2003. Violence in Schools Research Seminar with Allan Guggenbühl at Skeppsbron 24, on the 22nd of May 2003. Streets, Main Streets and Meeting Places, Urban City Research Seminar at The Royal Coin Cabinet on the 3rd and 4th of June 2003. lecturers: Karl-Olov Arnstberg, Jan Gehl, Charles C Bohl, Louise Nyberg, Ray Oldenburg, Rick Hall and Ellen DunhamJones.

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international seminars Is There An American Opposition: Democrats and Others, lecture by Norman Birnbaum at The Swedish Institute of International Affairs on the 12th of June 2003. The Only Revolution in Town, lecture by author and journalist Christopher Hitchens at Skeppsbron 24 on the 16th of June 2003. Poundbury – A Newly Built, Classical City, Urban City Research Seminar with Robert Adams at Skeppsbron 24 on the 12th of September 2003. The Legal Divide: The Real Problem with Globalization, lecture by Hernando de Soto at Skeppsbron 24 on the 13th of September 2003. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar, lectures by David Healy “Risk Management – The New Pharmaceutical Marketplace” and Edward Shorter “The Drug Industry and Academics in Psychopharmacology: A Dance with the Devil?” at Skeppsbron 24 on the 24th of September 2003. Modernity and Its Discontents: the Tyranny of Intimacy?, a conference led by Petteri Pietikäinen at the Royal Coin Cabinet on the 25th of September 2003. Does modern society produce distinctively psychological forms of discontent? Swedes, like many other Westerners, are plagued by mental depression, anxiety, burnout and other modes of psychopathology. Subjective feelings of discontent seem to have been on the rise in recent decades – people who were once well are now ill. During the last hundred years, an explicitly moral discourse on the human predicament has given way to new, less visible normative codes. These codes demand us to constantly monitor our ’feelings’, give interpretations of our distress, and put our faith in behaviour experts who know what is good and what is bad for us. An increasing amount of psycho-services (psychotherapies, psychopharmacological drugs, self-help literature, 28

international seminars etc.) have become available to ease the suffering and unhappiness of consumers. In particular, the psychopharmacological industry is booming and even young children are treated with antidepressants. The purpose of the seminar is to discuss this historical change in our perception and understanding of discontent. Specifically, the language and ideas that have characterised descriptions of mental symptoms from the early 20th century onwards will be examined. The seminar aims to elucidate the process whereby particular modes of behaviour and specific emotional states came to be considered abnormal and indicative of mental anguish. The seminar will address the following questions: •

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Do ’burnout’, ’stress’, feelings of fatigue and other psychopathological diagnoses picture reality? Do they correspond to extant disease entities or are they rather transient cultural fabrications testifying to the triumph of therapeutic culture? ’Burnout’ is one of the main reasons why an increasing number of Swedes are on a long-term sick leave. Has it become a convenient way for employees to get a time-out from exacting work? Is it the ultimate manifestation of discontent in the working life? As the parameters of the diagnosis are extremely diffuse and vague, it is very difficult to have a clear understanding of what ’burnout’ is all about. What changes in our perception of mental health have contributed to the psychopharmacological revolution? Is there any scientific justification for the belief that antidepressants are necessary for our well-being? Why is it considered ’healthy’ to communicate our intimate feelings and motivations to others and feel good about such openness? Is our concern with psychological well-being a trap rather than liberation? Are we living under the tyranny of intimacy? By seeking answers to these questions from various perspectives, this seminar aims to provide fresh insights into modernity and its discontents. 29

international seminars lecturers: Tana Dineen, Lennart Hallsten, David Healy, Anna Hedborg, Germund Hesslow, Arne Jarrick, Petteri Pietikäinen, Eva Marie Rigné and Edward Shorter. Moderated by Jan-Olov Johansson. Perspectives on Russia in Transition, a conference arranged at Hotel Kämp in Helsinki on the 8th of October 2003. Russia has, after more than 70 years of communistic rule, moved in a direction of increased democratic rule since the fall of the old regime in 1991. The developments in Russia have always been of great importance to international politics. Today, Russia in transition is seen with great anticipation and optimism not least from its neighbouring countries like Finland and Sweden. Considering the three countries long and partly turbulent common history, this is a time of great importance for the future of the region and exploring different aspects on the developments is central to our task. What role will Russia play in the new and larger Europe, for instance in the light of the war in Iraq and the growing tension in the Middle East which has made certain weaknesses in the European Union clear? Will Russia approach the European Union and what difference could Finland and Sweden make in this regard? Or will we see Russia develop a closer relationship to the United States in order to increase its chances to be a future super-power? What will be the effects of an eventual political intimacy created between France, Germany and Russia? On issues regarding business and research there are more pressing questions. What kind of business collaborations will we see in the future between Russia and the EU? How is it that Finland and Sweden have failed to attract the Russian academics and researchers to their universities, who instead have moved much further west? What are the differences that distinguish the Finnish relation to Russia with the Swedish today? What kind of cooperation will we see in the next ten years in the areas of humanistic and social sciences between Russia and the Nordic countries? Unfortunately, concerns regarding human rights, and the freedom of speech as well as 30

international seminars the integrity of the legal system still have to be voiced in the case of Russia. Is it possible for Finland and Sweden to operate in a more outspoken and active way to promote necessary change for the Russian population? The Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation has gathered politicians, researchers, intellectuals and leading thinkers to consider questions of interest to public debate. The seminar touches upon the ongoing economic, political and social situation in Russia and its effects on the neighbouring countries Finland and Sweden. lecturers: Mauno Koivisto, Matti Vanhanen, Viveca Ax:son Johnson, Örjan Berner, Rolf Ekéus, Isabelle Facon, Christer Pursiainen, Pekka Sutela, Heikki Talvitie, Lev Timofeev, Krister Wahlbäck, Boris Kashnikov and Arkady Moshes. Moderated by Anders Hellner. Good Mixed-Use for the 21st Century, Urban City Research Conference at Stockholm City Conference Center on the 4th and 5th of November 2003. lecturers: Andrés Duany, Robert Adam, Paul Murrain, Luigi Mollo, Lucien Steil, Michael Stojan, Robert Gibbs, David Taylor, Simon Conibear, Harald Kegler and Nathanea Elthe. Moderated by Peter Elmlund. A New Evaluation of Problems in Mandaean Research: Early History, Influences and Gender, lecture by Professor Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley at Skeppsbron 24 on the 23rd of January 2004. St. Petersburg in the 21st Century – Views on Growth, Culture, Science and Economics, an international conference at the Grand Hôtel on the 19th of May 2004, in cooperation with The City of Stockholm and The Stenbeck Group. lecturers: Valentina I. Matvienko, Annika Billström, Hans-Holger Albrecht, Zhores I. Alferov, Viveca Ax:son Johnson, Erik Berglöf, Alf Göransson, Sven Hirdman, LarsJohan Jarnheimer, Björn Rosengren. Moderated by Anders Hellner. 31

international seminars Axess Seminar with Hernando de Soto, Allan Larsson and Joakim Ollén “The Legal Divide: The Real Problem with Globalization” at ABF in Stockholm on the 24th of May 2004. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with Mark S. Micale “DSM and the Culture of Psychiatric Diagnostics in the Early Twenty-First Century” at Skeppsbron 24 on the 27th and 28th of May 2004. Urban City Research Seminar with Stephen Marshall ”The Sustainable Arterial Street” at Piperska Muren in Stockholm on the 3rd of June 2004. What is George W Bush Doing?, a lecture by David Frum in cooperation with The Institute of International Affairs in Stockholm at Lilla Nygatan 23 on the 16th of June 2004. The American Crisis, a lecture by Sidney Blumenthal at Skeppsbron 24 on the 21st of June 2004. The Danish Media Situation in a Comparative Perspective, a lecture given by Tøger Seidenfaden, Editor-in-Chief, Politiken, Denmark at Stureplan 3 on the 20th of September 2004. Contemporary Feminism Seminar, Sex Lies and Feminism, lecture by Christina Hoff Sommers at Skeppsbron 24 on the 3rd of November 2004. Garden Architecture Seminar with lectures by Jacques Wirtz and Peter Wirtz at Skeppsbron 24 on the 9th of November 2004. Media Arrogance – Is Journalism Capable of Self-Criticism? A debate between John Lloyd, FT Magazine and Richard Sambrook, BBC News, at 14 Queen Anne’s Gate, London, UK on the 22nd of November 2004. Gulag, an evening with Anne Applebaum at Skeppsbron 24 on the 10th of December 2004. 32

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Swedish Seminars * Social Vulnerability Seminar at the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences on the 10th of February 2000. Renaissance Seminar at the Van der Noot Palace, Stockholm in May 2000. lecturers: Bo Ralph, Eva Österberg, Göran Dahlbäck among others. The Human City Seminar at the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, moderated by Johan Rådberg on the 28th of September 2000. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar at Skeppsbron 24 on the 19th and 20th of April 2001. lecturers: Suzanne Gieser, Lennart Warring, Petteri Pietikäinen, Peter Södergård, Kay Glans, Inga Sanner, Kate Larson. Meeting God in Dreams – The Dream as a Revelatory Genre, Late Classical Antiquity Seminar at Skeppsbron 24 on 24th of April 2001. lecturers: Jörgen Magnusson, J Peter Södergård, Carl-Martin Edsman, Lars Hartman and Ezra Gebremedhin. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with presentation by Petteri Pietikäinen at Skeppsbron 24 on the 7th of February 2002.

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swedish seminars The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with presentations by Lennart Warring and Ruth Rajamaa at Skeppsbron 24 on the 6th of March 2002. The Irony of Journalism and Journalistic Irony, lecture by Johan Hakelius at Skeppsbron 24 on the 23rd of April 2002. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with presentation by Åsa Bergenheim at Skeppsbron 24 on the 2nd of October 2002. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with presentation by Franz Luttenberger at Skeppsbron 24 on the 22nd of October 2002. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with presentation by Eva Thulin at Skeppsbron 24 on the 4th of December 2002. Prayer, Invocation and Speaking in Tongues, Late Classical Antiquity Seminar at Skeppsbron 24 on the 5th of December 2002. lecturers: J Peter Södergård, Jörgen Magnusson, Carl-Martin Edsman among others. Brave New Europe, lecture by Maciej Zaremba at Skeppsbron 24 on the 27th of January 2003. The Future of Europe, lecture by Carl Bildt in association with The Swedish Institute of International Affairs on the 11th of February 2003. What Do We Talk about When We Talk about Identity?, lecture by Merete Mazzarella at Skeppsbron 24 on the 20th of February 2003. Shaping the City by the Public Space, Urban City Research Seminar with Johan Rådberg at Skeppsbron 24 on the 28th of February 2003.

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swedish seminars The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with presentation by Petteri Pietikäinen at Skeppsbron 24 on the 13th of March 2003. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with presentation by Eva Marie Rigné at Skeppsbron 24 on the 26th of March 2003. The Intellectual History of Swedish Modernism, Urban City Research Seminar with Monica Andersson at Skeppsbron 24 on the 28th of March 2003. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with presentation by Lennart Warring at Skeppsbron 24 on the 23rd of April 2003. Protokollet, book release and lectures by Susanna Popova and Mats Holm on the subject of Estonia at Skeppsbron 24 on the 23rd of April 2003. Communicating with Mozart, lecture by Greger Hatt at Skeppsbron 24 on the 12th of May 2003. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with presentation by Suzanne Gieser at Skeppsbron 24 on the 14th of May 2003. The Life of Dr Axel Munthe lecture by Bengt Jangfeldt at Skeppsbron 24 on the 15th of September 2003. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with presentations by Inga Sanner and Håkan Eriksson at Skeppsbron 24 on the 15th of October 2003. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with presentation by Anna Nilsson at Skeppsbron 24 on the 19th of November 2003. From Ottoman Periphery to European Modernity, lecture by Nathan Shachar at Skeppsbron 24 on the 24th of November 2003.

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swedish seminars Urban City Research lecture “P O Hallman’s Importance for Urban Planning Today” by Aleksander Wolodarski at Skeppsbron 24 on the 28th of November 2003. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with presentations by Lennart Warring and Eva Thulin at Skeppsbron 24 on the 10th of December 2003. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with presentation by Petteri Pietikäinen at Skeppsbron 24 on the 21st of January 2004. Al-Jazeera – Terrorist TV or an Arabic CNN?, lecture by Thomas Gür at Skeppsbron 24 on the 3rd of February 2004. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with presentation by Suzanne Gieser at Skeppsbron 24 on the 19th of February 2004. Axess Seminar – Career Barriers, a seminar on equal career opportunities with Monica Renstig at Skeppsbron 24 on the 5th of March 2004. The Johan Ludvig Runeberg Bicentenary Seminar with Merete Mazzarella “Runeberg and the Finnish Folk Soul” at Finlandshuset in Stockholm on the 9th of March 2004. The Johan Ludvig Runeberg Bicentenary Seminar with Matti Klinge “The Political Runeberg” at Finlandshuset in Stockholm on the 23rd of March 2004. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with presentations by Inga Sanner and Suzanne Gieser at Skeppsbron 24 on the 24th of March 2004. The Johan Ludvig Runeberg Bicentenary Seminar with Agneta Rahikainen “Johan Ludvig and Fredrika Runeberg” at Finlandshuset in Stockholm on the 30th of March 2004. 36

swedish seminars Belief and Knowledge within Today’s Feminism – lecture by Susanna Hakelius Popova at Skeppsbron 24 on the 31st of March 2004. Lecture by Sigrid Rausing “History, Memory, and Identity in PostSoviet Estonia: The End of a Collective Farm” at the Stockholm School of Economics on the 23rd of April 2004. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with presentation by Anna Nilsson at Skeppsbron 24 on the 28th of April 2004. Urban City Research Seminar with Krister Sernbo “How to Make Green Structures Cohabit with Urban Structures” at Södra Teatern, Stockholm on the 29th of April 2004. Axess Seminar with Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg “Free Research on Collision with the Swedish Government’s Production of Ideology” at Skeppsbron 24 on the 4th of May 2004. Axess Seminar with Alyson Bailes och Svante Cornell “The Market of Insecurity” at Skeppsbron 24 on the 31st of August 2004. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with lecture by Karin Johannisson at Skeppsbron 24 on the 14th of October 2004. Urban City Research Seminar with lecture by Charlotte Holst “Northwestern Kungsholmen” at Piperska Muren on the 10th of December 2004.

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Axess Magazine * Axess is a magazine, based in Stockholm, devoted chiefly to the liberal arts and social sciences. The magazine strives, above all, for quality of thought and writing, but without being defined by a single political position. The hallmark of Axess is the essay; characterised by a probing, investigative approach. The magazine is open to differing arguments and standpoints, driven by reason rather than polemic. Axess aims to unite academic culture and publishing culture to create a forum in which scholars in the humanities and liberal arts can meet a wider public audience. Through an English-language online edition, the magazine also wants to forge relationships between scholars within and outside of Sweden. In its theme section, Axess allows different academic disciplines to focus upon central issues from various perspectives. Diverse viewpoints are illuminated and juxtaposed. Axess begins where discussions in most other media generally end and scrutinises them analytically and empirically. Axess also attaches great importance to the international range of its writers, including an extensive review section to cover the most important new books being published worldwide. march 2002 no. 1 theme: globalisation A ball has been set rolling. Sunil Khilnani writes about India continuing to open up to the outside world and finding a new 39

axess magazine image of its identity. Hernando de Soto writes about the world’s poor having received assets but being unable to convert them into capital. Interview with Amartya Sen, in which he speaks about our identities being manifold and impossible to capture in such categories as civilisations. april 2002 no. 2 theme: the greying society We cannot scale down: Gunnar Wetterberg writes about all the phases of life being prolonged – except for the working phase. We need to work longer, but in different forms. Karl-Olov Arnstberg writes about the impossibility of scaling down in present-day society. Those who don’t stay young find their value exhausted. Merete Mazzarella writes that to stay young is to stagnate. Coherent living and wisdom are possible, even in the fragmented world of today. may 2002 no. 3 theme: the triple society Drawing new boundaries on the computer screens: Lars Magnusson writes that a taboo in Swedish economic debate is about to be broken – national interest confronts the boundlessness of globalisation. Mats Benner writes about Sweden being divided in three – metropolises of knowledge and certain branches of industry are growing stronger, other parts are on a downward slope. Orvar Löfgren writes about the Öresund Bridge having become a barrier, all Utopian dreams notwithstanding – but now the real history is beginning to be written. june 2002 no. 4 theme: genetics and integrity A dangerous shortcut to the future: interviewing the German philosopher Robert Speamann, who warns that the cannibalism of genetics can lead to a new and hazardous view of humanity. Ludvig Beckman writes that political answers are needed to the ethical questions of genetics. The state must begin to act. Lynn Åkesson asks who owns the genes. Violating the integrity of the individual can be the same as violating the human race.

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axess magazine september 2002 no. 5 theme: war in peace The fronts have vanished: Martin van Creveld writes of terror as the face of the new warfare. In the era of terrorist outrages, the distinction between military and civilian is being lost. Lars Nicander writes of how, in the war of information, the boundaries between peace, crisis and war are obliterated. Policing and military activity cannot be separated. Caroline Holmqvist writes about military assignments on contract making war, formerly the concern of states, a market commodity. october 2002 no. 6 theme: stoicism Controlling oneself or being controlled: Eva-Carin Gerö writes of how, by mastering extensive fields of knowledge, the Stoics found the way to self-control. Bo Lindberg writes of how the Stoic attitude has provided inspiration and firmness in hard times throughout history. Karin Johannisson writes that in contemporary society self-control has acquired a double meaning, leading to both deadlock and passion. november 2002 no. 7 theme: eu off-beat The Union isn’t in unison: Lars Magnusson writes that previously the welfare system gave the EU political legitimacy. The Union lacks a sustaining idea for the future. Fritz W. Scharpf writes that the EU’s rival models of welfare must be allowed to remain. It is in relation to the outside world that we should act of one accord. Nicholas Fraser writes of anxious Europeans using the United States as a hate image. The fortress now under construction leads to constriction. december 2002 no. 8 theme: co-op capitalism Big participation gave little power. Eva Redhe, Karin Thorburn and Lena Torlegård write that if owner power fails to materialise, the whole business sector risks losing credibility. Christina Garsten and Anna Hasselström write that in global money markets, local networks are decisive. Sofia Nerbrand writes of the paleness of ownership, despite more and more people owning shares. The Swede is a small saver and no capitalist. 41

axess magazine february 2003 no. 1 theme: africa’s renaissance Innovation encountering tradition: Patrick Chabal writes that the 1960’s hopes of democracy and prosperity have not been fulfilled. An Africanisation of Africa is in progress. Anders Carlsson writes of science and technology as important ingredients of South Africa’s vision of the future. The aim is an African renaissance. Pernilla Ståhl writes that the Rainbow Alliance’s election victory in Kenya put an end to dictatorship. Now the corruption of the old regime must be banished. march 2003 no. 2 theme: after the corporate giants A new economic model for Sweden: Mats Benner writes about the consequences of the big corporations being bought up by other countries and Sweden lacking a nursery for new talents. Denmark has never had any companies in the top division and therefore, Klaus Nielsen maintains, is better equipped for coping with economic change. In Sweden the hope is that a spate of SMEs will arise from the ashes of the big corporations, but a case study from Uppsala by Alexandra Waluszewski does little to corroborate any such phoenix vision. april 2003 no. 3 theme: generation shift Security in sight: Neil Howe and William Strauss of the American millennium generation engineering a social security revolution. Jürgen Zinnecke writes about consumption and loyalty to the system being at the focus of attention for young people in Germany. Kay Glans writes about Swedish youngsters being collective individualists, building their identity in the group. may 2003 no. 4 theme: poor middle class Grim outlook for the industrious: Paul Krugman writes that America’s hardworking middle class has lost its standing. The money flows into the pockets of the few. Fredrik Bergström and Robert Gidehag write that honest toil is wretchedly rewarded in Sweden. It is impossible for people to improve their lot by working. In an interview, Ulrich Beck describes cosmopolitan 42

axess magazine commitment as the middle stratum’s only chance. That is how global capital can be challenged. june 2003 no. 5 theme: the resurrection of truth The soap of truth is slippery, but it exists by Arne Jarrick Revisionism is next to relativism by Sten Widmalm Truth exists, but the question is how by Dag Prawitz september 2003 no. 6 theme: the renaissance of the city state Does Stockholm need Sweden? by Håkan Forsell London Limited by Paul Barker Spaghetti Junctions by Lisa Irenius october 2003 no. 7 theme: the disorder of things The value of junk by Mats Burström The religion of refuse by Lynn Åkesson Fragments by Susanne Ewert and Lynn Åkesson november 2003 no. 8 theme: shadow economy Sweden’s black economy by Fredrik Bergström and Robert Gidehag Learning to love black labour by Karl-Olov Arnstberg A little economy on the side by Kay Glans and Sofia Nerbrand december 2003 no. 9 theme: Voting by shopping Shopping as political activity by Michele Micheletti The protest of the individual by Adrienne Sörbom The dilemmas of political consumerism by Kay Glans and Sofia Nerbrand february 2004 no. 1 theme: the future of the city is here Street Life by Peter Elmlund The Curse of Sprawl by Karl-Olov Arnstberg Renaissance of the Traditional City by Matthew Hardy

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axess magazine march 2004 no. 2 theme: india unleashed The invention of the Hindu by Pankaj Mishra Putting India to Work by Subhash Agrawal India in the balance by Sten Widmalm april 2004 no. 3 theme: the cluster economy The state can’t make clusters by Joakim Stymne If you try to control networks, they die by Alexandra Waluszewski The fragility of economic ”cluster” theory by Lars Magnusson may 2004 no. 4 theme: the swedish school must change its course The model of English education by Inger Enkvist Consigning history to the past by Hans Albin Larsson The crisis in maths by Olle Häggström june 2004 no. 5 theme: press under pressure A European Media Manifesto by John Lloyd Who’s watching the watchdogs? by Olav Anders Øvrebø The responsibility of average citizens by Kay Glans september 2004 no. 6 theme: the security trade The business of security by Alyson Bailes Crime without borders by Svante Cornell Securing Information by Mats Bergström october 2004 no. 7 theme: turkey at the crossroads Turkey’s Modernity by Nathan Shachar The Turkish Crossroads by Thomas Gür Fears for Turkish Membership are unfounded by Yalçin Akdogan november 2004 no. 8 theme: the reluctant empire Lessons from a difficult war by Paul Berman Who oppresses whom? by David Frum Interview with Fareed Zakaria by Thomas Gür 44

axess magazine december 2004 no. 9 theme: the future is so passé Nostalgia for the Modern by Thomas Hylland Eriksen After paranoia by Carl Cassegård End of the Future by Kay Glans

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global axess

Global Axess * An intellectual television programme about humanistic and social scientific issues. Global Axess, produced by Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation in association with Modern TV, a company part of MTG (Modern Times Group) one of Sweden’s largest private media corporations. Global Axess highlights international research and brings international debate to the Swedish public. The interviewees and participants are internationally eminent researchers, thinkers and politicians. Global Axess is hosted by Mr. Thomas Gür. He is a columnist at Svenska Dagbladet’s editorial pages with experience from press, radio and television. Other contributors are: Erik Davis, Kay Glans, Björn Linnell, Anders Hellner, Tomas Larsson, Agneta Pleijel, Susanna Popova, Nathan Shachar, David Ståhl, Jan Söderqvist and Sten Widmalm. …the evening’s and the entire TV line-up’s most interesting programme ’Global Axess’ on TV8. Dagens Nyheter, Sweden’s leading daily

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Spring 2002 Globalization 1. Talks in Engelsberg – The New Wars mary kaldor interviewed by Kay Glans. 2. The Editors in Dialogue – Talks on Globalisation hans bergström, mats johansson and kay glans. 3. In Israel’s Service david kimche interviewed by Anders Hellner. 4. The Man Who Discovered the Wealth of the Poor hernando de soto interviewed by Anders Hellner. 5. Freedom through Trade jagdish bhagwati interviewed by Thomas Gür. 6. Islam’s Choice – Politics or Religion? bassam tibi interviewed by Kay Glans. 7. The New Asian Super-Power sunil khilnani interviewed by David Ståhl. 8. UN’s Future Secretary General? surin pitsuwan interviewed by Tomas Larsson. 9. The Hidden History of Psychoanalysis paul roazen interviewed by Kay Glans 10. Global Axess Special – ekéus vs. bildt Excerpt from Global Axess: Ekéus vs. Bildt telecast by TV2 Denmark on the 24th of March 2002.

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Fall 2002 The Limits of Science 1. Dr Frankenstein of Our Age? panayiotis zavos interviewed by Thomas Gür. 2. The Evolutionary Basis of Gender robert wright interviewed by Kay Glans. 3. Dangerous Genetics hilary rose interviewed by Agneta Pleijel. 4. Animals as Angels – Humans as Animals? kenan malik interviewed by Erik Davis. 5. The Mocking Gene evelyn fox keller interviewed by Björn Linnell. 6. Nuclear Shadow Over Asia raja ramanna interviewed by Sten Widmalm. 7. If the War Comes alyson j k bailes, rolf ekéus and sverker åström interviewed by Anders Hellner. 8. A Network for Profit and Terror manuel castells interviewed by Thomas Gür.

Spring 2003 Brave New Europe 1. Sartre and Ethics czeslaw milosz interviewed by Anders Hellner.

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global axess 2. Kristian Gerner kristian gerner interviewed by Anders Hellner. 3. On the Future of Europe carl bildt interviewed by Anders Hellner. 4. USA and Europe, Power and Weakness robert kagan interviewed by Anders Hellner. 5. Anti-Europeanism timothy garton ash interviewed by Anders Hellner. 6. On the Future of Russia michail gorbatjov interviewed by Anders Hellner. 7. EU – The Fortress of Bureaucracy günther verheugen interviewed by Anders Hellner. 8. Where is Turkey Heading? seyfi tashan interviewed by Anders Hellner. 9. Danger Zone Hong Kong emily lau interviewed by Jan Söderqvist.

Fall 2003 Cosmopolitan Outlook 1. A Woman’s Struggle against the Pressures of Patriarchy ayaan hirsi ali interviewed by Anders Hellner. 2. A Moral Intellectual christopher hitchens interviewed by Christine Ockrent. 3. Garbage and Globalisation zygmunt bauman interviewed by Anders Hellner. 50

global axess 4. War and Peace in the Market State philip bobbitt interviewed by Göran Rosenberg. 5. Citizens without Background catherine audard interviewed by Björn Linnell. 6. The Multicultural Dead End nathan glazer interviewed by Göran Rosenberg. 7. An American Social Democrat norman birnbaum interviewed by Anders Hellner. 8. The European Betrayal david frum interviewed by Kay Glans. 9. World Order or Human Rights? deepak kumar lal interviewed by Thomas Gür.

Spring 2004 The Freedom of Press Outside the West 1. An Ounce of Freedom in the Arab World wadah kanfar, head of Al-Jazeera, interviewed by Thomas Gür. 2. The Power of Bribes tarun tejpal, editor of the Indian magazine Tehelka, interviewed by Thomas Gür. 3. From White to Black Dictatorship geoffrey nyarota, former Editor-in-Chief of Zimbabwe’s Daily News interviewed by Thomas Gür. 4. The Palestinian Oppression bassem eid, head of The Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group, interviewed by Thomas Gür. 51

global axess 5. Islam – An Obstacle to the Freedom of Expression? ali lmrabet, Moroccan editor and journalist, interviewed by Axel Odelberg. 6. The Cuban Dictatorship huber matos, Cuban democrat living in Miami, interviewed by Nathan Shachar. 7. The Freedom of Press and Putin’s War anna politkovskaya, Russian journalist, interviewed by Thomas Gür. 8. China and the Freedom of the Press hu shuli, Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese magazine Caijing, interviewed by Thomas Gür.

Fall 2004 The Power of Media 1. Press as Propaganda roy greenslade interviewed by Thomas Gür. 2. The Need for Quality Marking of News edward lucas interviewed by Thomas Gür. 3. The Foreign Correspondent isabel hilton interviewed by Björn Linnell. 4. The Journalists and the Politicians – An Unholy Alliance? john lloyd interviewed by Thomas Gür. 5. The UN and The Media shashi tharoor interviewed by Thomas Gür. 6. Clinton’s Man of Media sidney blumenthal interviewed by Susanna Popova. 52

global axess 7. Ideal Journalism nicholas lemann interviewed by Thomas Gür. 8. David Frum – An Intellectual Neo-Con david frum interviewed by Thomas Gür.

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Other Television Productions * The Engelsberg Dialogue In the programme The Engelsberg Dialogue Swedish intellectuals, politicians and scholars are interviewed once a week. What is really happening? What is going on behind the scenes? Cultural editor of Expressen Per Svensson, journalist Göran Rosenberg, political editor of Dagens Nyheter Niklas Ekdal, journalist Peter Wolodarski, political editor of Svenska Dagbladet P J Anders Linder, editor of Dagens Media Rolf van den Brink, journalist Susanna Popova Hakelius, Editor-in-Chief of Axess Magazine Kay Glans, and journalist Björn Linnell are some of the prominent Swedish interviewers participating in the series.

Fall 2003 1. The State and Social Democracy professor bo rothstein interviewed by Göran Rosenberg. 2. Behind the Gay Movement author petra östergren interviewed by Susanna Popova Hakelius. 3. Public Service chairman of swedish radio ove joanson interviewed by Per Svensson. 55

other television productions 4. There is Something Rotten in the State of Sweden former auditor general of sweden inga-britt ahlenius interviewed by Niklas Ekdal. 5. Sick Sweden – On Black Economy and Taxes chief economist stefan fölster interviewed by Kay Glans. 6. The Ravaged Artist author björn ranelid interviewed by Björn Linnell. 7. A Swedish Tony Blair? chief economist anders borg interviewed by Thomas Gür. 8. Dagens Industri and Decency editor-in-chief gunilla herlitz interviewed by Susanna Popova Hakelius. 9. The UN – A Beauty Queen? author and journalist david rieff interviewed by Per Svensson. 10. The Swedish Arch Bishop and the Flight from the Church arch bishop k g hammar interviewed by Niklas Ekdal.

Spring 2004 1. Who Will Pay when ”Folkhemmet” Becomes an Old People’s Home? gunnar wetterberg interviewed by Per Svensson. 2. A Defence for Europe lars wedin from Swedish National Defence College interviewed by Kay Glans.

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other television productions 3. Svenska Dagbladet – A Silenced Dragon? lena k samuelsson, Editor-in-Chief of Svenska Dagbladet interviewed by Rolf van den Brink. 4. Aftonbladet – Anders Gerdin’s Success Story anders gerdin, Editor-in-Chief of Aftonbladet interviewed by Susanna Popova Hakelius. 5. Does Sweden Lack Defence? håkan syrén, Sweden’s Commander-in-Chief interviewed by Niklas Ekdal. 6. Sveriges Television – Burning Hot Public Service christina jutterström, CEO of Sveriges Television interviewed by Susanna Popova Hakelius. 7. Expressen – Paparazzi Makes the Sales Fly High otto sjöberg, Editor-in-Chief of Expressen interviewed by Susanna Popova Hakelius. 8. Dagens Nyheter – The Last Publicist? jan wifstrand, Editor-in-Chief of Dagens Nyheter interviewed by Susanna Popova Hakelius. 9. TV4 – Jan Scherman Speaks His Mind jan scherman, CEO of TV4 interviewed by Susanna Popova Hakelius. 10. Media and Media Power Round table talks with Sweden’s leading newspaper editors led by Susanna Popova Hakelius and Rolf van den Brink: christina jutterström, otto sjöberg, anders gerdin, gunilla herlitz and lena k samuelson.

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other television productions 11. Personified Business – The Power and Agenda of Swedish Business Journalism Discussion between jan wifstrand, Editor-in-Chief of Dagens Nyheter and weje sandén, Editor-in-Chief of Veckans Affärer, led by Thomas Gür.

Fall 2004 1. The Yes-Men hans l zetterberg, sociologist and public opinion analyst, interviewed by Susanna Popova Hakelius. 2. How to Handle Power kjell-olof feldt, former Minister of Finance, interviewed by PJ Anders Linder. 3. A Non-Socialist Advocate of Change mauricio rojas, Member of Parliament, interviewed by Peter Wolodarski. 4. A Right-Wing Alliance hans bergström, former Editor-in-Chief of Dagens Nyheter, interviewed by Peter Wolodarski. 5. How are Elections Won? agneta dreber, CEO of Livsmedelsföretagen, interviewed by Peter Wolodarski. 6. In Defence of Capitalism johan norberg interviewed by Per Svensson. 7. The Strengths of the Right roland poirier martinsson interviewed by Susanna Popova Hakelius.

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other television productions 8. Robin Hood in the Shape of a Legal Expert gunnar strömmer, founder of The Centre for Justice, interviewed by PJ Anders Linder. 9. Secret and Successful janerik larsson, journalist and consultant, interviewed by Susanna Popova Hakelius. 10. Pippi Longstocking of the Right-Wing marit paulsen, Member of the European Parliament, interviewed by Peter Wolodarski.

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Media 8 We receive a large part of our sense of reality from the mass media. Media’s tremendous impact has today become so great that we may speak of its power over the truth. But how truthful are the media really? Media 8 will check and review the content and quality of Sweden’s media. In the studio: Susanna Popova Hakelius, journalist, and Mats Ekström, Professor of Media and Communications, Örebro University.

Fall 2004 1. The End of Publicists With Arne Ruth, professor of journalism, Carin Stenström, editor of the Christian daily Världen i dag, Staffan Erfors, Editor-in-Chief of Kvällsposten, Ulrika Saxon from Bonnier Tidskrifter and Mattias Göransson Editor-in-Chief and founder of Offside Magazine. Also taking part in the programme: late Foreign Minister Anna Lindh’s close friend Eva Franchell and Thomas Mattsson, editor of Expressen. 2. Who Owns the Media? With Prime Minister Göran Persson, head of the Social Democratic Party Marita Ulvskog, Chairman of TV4 and Expressen Thorbjörn Larsson, journalist and writer Lars Weiss, Kerstin Brunnberg, head of Swedish Radio, Editor-in-Chief of Metro Stockholm Sakari Pitkänen, Minister of Family and Children Berit Andnor, Editor at Aftonbladet Niklas Silow and Per Bering. 3. The Principle of Free Access to Public Records With finance reporter and journalist Olle Rossander, former head of the Swedish National Audit Office Inga-Britt Ahlenius, journalist Ylva Nilsson, Swedish Radio’s journalist Cecilia Uddén, Chief Executive of Swedish Television Leif Jakobsson and Per Frykman.

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other television productions 4. Media and Power With journalist at Dagens Nyheter Henrik Brors, project leader for the TV programme Uppdrag Granskning (SVT) Nils Hansson, author and journalist Jan Guillou, Political Commentator for SVT KG Bergström, Eva Wikberg, Swedish Radio’s journalist Jan Mosander, Writer and Critic at Svenska Dagbladet Mats Gellerfeldt. 5. The Consultants and the Lobbyists With journalist at Effektiva Media Richard Björk, editor at Expressen Thomas Mattsson, PR consultants Fredrik Andersson and Martin Borgs, Lobbyist of the Year Ann-Thérese Enarsson, Editor-in-Chief of Norrländska socialdemokraten Lennart Håkansson, Jonas Larsson and Editor-in-Chief of Västerbottenkuriren Torbjörn Bergmark. 6. Copied Journalism With Consul General Olle Wästberg, Editor-in-Chief of Dagens Nyheter Jan Wifstrand, writer at Stockholm Spectator (webblogg) Paul O’Mahony, author and journalist Jan Guillou, news editor of Ekot Rolf Stengård, former CEO of Ericsson Kurt Hellström and Editor at Expressen Thomas Mattsson.

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TV Productions for Swedish Television (SVT) Why Do We Read? harold bloom interviewed by Göran Rosenberg. (Interview made in connection to the Engelsberg Seminar 2000 “Visions of the Future”)

The Loss of God (Five interviews made in connection to the Engelsberg Seminar 2001, “The Future of Religion”) The Fundamentalist Temptation robert jay lifton interview by Göran Rosenberg. The Revenge of the Sacred leszek kolakowski interviewed by Göran Rosenberg. The God Within elaine pagels interviewed by Göran Rosenberg. Our Need for Narrative kerstin ekman interviewed by Göran Rosenberg. Allah for All? tariq ramadan interviewed by Göran Rosenberg.

What is Man? (Five interviews in connection to the Engelsberg Seminar 2002, ”Consciousness, Genetics and Society”) Man is a Vehicle for His Genes richard dawkins interviewed by Göran Rosenberg.

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other television productions Man is a Moral Being erwin bischofberger interviewed by Göran Rosenberg. Man is Man and Woman camille paglia interviewed by Göran Rosenberg. Man is a Cultural Being paul ehrlich interviewed by Göran Rosenberg . Man is His Own Creator lee m silver interviewed by Göran Rosenberg .

Engelsberg Documentaries Visions of the Future, based on the Engelsberg Seminar 2000. The Future of Religion, based on the Engelsberg Seminar 2001. Consciousness, Genetics and Society, based on the Engelsberg Seminar 2002. Towards a Cosmopolitan Culture?, based on the Engelsberg Seminar 2003. Media and Media Power, based on the Engelsberg Seminar 2004.

Other TV Productions for TV8 Interview with Robert J Shapiro, Former Under Secretary of Commerce made by Author and Journalist Axel Odelberg (2001). Genetic Axess – Man from Creature to Creator (2002). The 20th century was dominated by a number of utopian movements such as communism and Nazism which in a fundamental sense radically endeavoured to transform human nature. In biological 63

other television productions science today, advanced efforts are being made to change the basic terms of human life. Biological science will perhaps succeed where the ideologies failed – in creating a new human being. That which, until now, we have only been able to see in sci-fi films is on the point of coming true. He whom some have called the Dr Frankenstein, Dr Panayiotis Zavos, of our time appears in the series Genetic Axess: Man from Creature to Creator. Three documentaries introduce us to some of Sweden’s and the world’s leading researchers and critics of genetic research. Provocateur Dr Zavos claims to be already capable of cloning human beings, and Georg Klein argues that science must work with no regard for opinions. They are strongly opposed by the feminist research and critic Hilary Rose. Meet Sverre Sjölander, Kenan Malik, Lee M Silver and others. Genetic Axess part 1. A Brave New World Genetic Axess part 2. The Moral Animal Genetic Axess part 3. The New Human Being The Royal State Visit by the King and Queen of Sweden to Thailand in February 2003. Interviews made by Anders Hellner (2004).

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Books * Den svenska framgångssagan? Edited by Kurt Almqvist and Kay Glans. Published by Fischers förlag in December 2001. Axess 2002 Från stoicism till konsumkapitalism published by Bonnier Fakta in December 2002. Drömmarna och Gud – Essäer om att möta Gud i drömmen, edited by J. Peter Södergård and Erik Wallrup. Published in December 2002. Fönster mot framtiden edited by Kurt Almqvist, Kay Glans and Erik Wallrup. Published in September 2003. Axess 2003 Från svart ekonomi till sanningens återkomst, published in December 2003. The Swedish Success Story? edited by Kurt Almqvist and Kay Glans, published in August 2004. Visions of the Future, ed. Kurt Almqvist, Kay Glans and Erik Wallrup. English ed. Georgina Laycock. Published in December 2004. Kapitalets mysterium (“The Mystery of Capital”) by Hernando de Soto, published by Atlantis förlag. Published in December 2004. 65

books Axess 2004 Indien kastar loss – Press under press, published in December 2004. Modernity and Its Discontents, ed. Petteri Pietikäinen. Published in January 2005.

Forthcoming 2005 The Future of Religion, ed. Kurt Almqvist, Kay Glans, Erik Wallrup. English ed. Judith Dollenmayer. Consciousness, Genetics and Society, ed. Kurt Almqvist and Kay Glans. Towards a Cosmopolitan Culture?, ed. Kurt Almqvist and Kay Glans. Media and Media Power, ed. Kurt Almqvist and Kay Glans. English ed. Alex Linklater.

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Chronological Report * 1999 august The Engelsberg Seminar 1999 – The Swedish Success-Story? at Engelsberg Manor.

2000 february Social Vulnerability Seminar at IVA. may Renaissance Research Seminar at Van der Nootska Palatset. june Seminar on Psychological Utopias with Petteri Pietikäinen at Avesta Manor. august The Engelsberg Seminar 2000 – Visions of the Future at Avesta Manor and Engelsberg Manor. Seminar with Harold Bloom – The Gnostic Religion at Skeppsbron 24.

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chronological report september Seminar with Harold Bloom – On Shakespeare at Skeppsbron 24. The Human City Seminar with Johan Rådberg at IVA. october Harold Bloom – an interview by Göran Rosenberg is broadcasted on SVT. november Violence in Schools Seminar with Allan Guggenbühl at Skeppsbron 24. december Lectures with the Right Livelihood Award Winners Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher, (Ethiopia), Munir, (Indonesia), Birsel Lemke, (Turkey), Wes Jackson, (USA) at Skeppsbron 24.

2001 february The Human City Seminar at The Modern Museum in Stockholm. april The Reception of the Dynamic Psychology Seminar at Skeppsbron 24. Late Classical Antiquity Seminar at Skeppsbron 24. may American Politics after Bill Clinton, seminar with Robert J. Shapiro at Skeppsbron 24. june The Engelsberg Seminar 2001 – The Future of Religion at Avesta Manor and Engelsberg Manor. 68

chronological report august Anthropological Seminar with Manisha Roy at Skeppsbron 24. october The Reception of Dynamic Psychology, a two-day seminar at Skeppsbron 24. december The Swedish Success-Story? is published by Fischers förlag. Interview with Robert J Shapiro by Axel Odelberg broadcasted on TV8. The Loss of God part 1 with Robert Jay Lifton is broadcasted on SVT.

2002 january The Loss of God part 2, 3, and 4 with Kerstin Ekman, Leszek Kolakowski and Elaine Pagels is broadcasted on SVT. february The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar at Skeppsbron 24. The Loss of God part 5 with Tariq Ramadan is broadcasted on SVT. Global Axess Talks in Engelsberg – The New Wars – an interview with Mary Kaldor by Kay Glans is broadcasted on TV8. Global Axess In Israel’s Service – an interview with David Kimche by Kay Glans is broadcasted on TV8. Towards a Global Society? Conference at the Stockholm School of Economics. Broadcasted during the day on TV8. Global Axess The Editors in Dialogue – Talks on Globalisation with Hans Bergström, Kay Glans and Mats Johansson, broadcasted on TV8.

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chronological report march Axess No. 1 March 2002 Globalization is published. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar at Skeppsbron 24. Global Axess Hernando de Soto – The Man Who Discovered the Wealth of the Poor interviewed by Anders Hellner broadcasted on TV8. Global Axess Freedom Through Trade – Jagdish Bhagwati interviewed by Thomas Gür broadcasted on TV8. april Axess No. 2 April 2002 The Greying Society is published. Global Axess Islam’s Choice- Politics or Religion? Interview with Bassam Tibi by Kay Glans, is broadcasted on TV8. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar at Skeppsbron 24. Global Axess Special – Ekéus vs. Bildt is broadcasted on TV8 and TV2 Denmark. Global Axess India – The New Asian Super Power, Sunil Khilnani interviewed by David Ståhl, is broadcasted on TV8. The Irony of Journalism and Journalistic Irony, lecture by Johan Hakelius at Skeppsbron 24. may Axess No. 3 May 2002 The Triple Society is published. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with Paul Roazen at Skeppsbron 24. Global Axess UN:s Next Secretary General?, an interview with Surin Pitsuwan by Tomas Larsson is broadcasted on TV8. Global Axess The Hidden History of Analytical Psychology, an interview with Paul Roazen by Kay Glans, is broadcasted on TV8. Literature Seminar with Katherine Hayles at Skeppsbron 24. june Axess No. 4 June 2002 Genetic Integrity is published. The Engelsberg Seminar 2002 – Consciousness, Genetics and Society at Avesta Manor. 70

chronological report Evolutionary Psychology, lecture by Robert Wright at Skeppsbron 24. august The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with Stanislav Grof at Skeppsbron 24. september Axess No. 5 September 2002 War in Peace is published. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with Michael Maccoby at Skeppsbron 24. Global Axess Dr Frankenstein of Our Age? Interview with Panayiotis Zavos by Thomas Gür, is broadcasted on TV8. Identity and Globalization Seminar with Richard E Doner at Skeppsbron 24. october Axess No. 6 October 2002 Stoicism is published. Global Axess The Evolutionary Basis of Gender, interview with Robert Wright by Kay Glans is broadcasted on TV8. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with Åsa Bergenheim at Skeppsbron 24. Global Axess The Dangerous Genetics, interview with Hilary Rose by Angeta Pleijel, is broadcasted on TV8. Urban City Research Seminar, a two-day seminar on New Urbanism at Tullhus 2, Stockholm. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with Franz Luttenberger at Skeppsbron 24. november Global Axess. The Mocking Gene, interview with Evelyn Fox Keller by Björn Linnell, is broadcasted on TV8. Axess No. 7 November 2002 EU Off-Beat is published. Global Axess Animals as Angels – Man as Animal? Interview with Kenan Malik by Erik Davis, is broadcasted on TV8.

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chronological report december Axess No.8 December 2002 Co-Op Capitalism is published. Global Axess Nuclear Shadow over Asia, interview with Raja Ramanna by Sten Widmalm is broadcasted on TV8. 40 Years of The New York Review of Books, seminar with Robert B Silvers at Skeppsbron 24. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with Eva Thulin at Skeppsbron 24. Late Classical Antiquity Seminar at Skeppsbron 24. Global Axess If the War Comes, interviews with Alyson J K Bailes, Rolf Ekéus and Sverker Åström by Anders Hellner is broadcasted on TV8. Identity and Globalization Seminar with Razeen Sally at Skeppsbron 24. The Prospect of Prospect- Can Intellectual Journalism Succeed?, seminar with Alexander Linklater at Skeppsbron 24. Axess 2002 – From Stoicism to Co-Op Capitalism is published by Bonnier Fakta. Drömmarna och Gud – Essäer om att möta Gud i drömmen is published. Global Axess Network for Profit and Terror, interview with Manuel Castells by Thomas Gür is broadcasted on TV8.

2003 january Global Axess Sartre and Ethics, interview with Czeslaw Milosz by Anders Hellner is broadcasted on TV8. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with Anna Nilsson at Skeppsbron 24. Brave New Europe, lecture with Maciej Zaremba at Skeppsbron 24. february Axess No. 1 February 2003 Africa’s Renaissance is published. 72

chronological report Global Axess Kristian Gerner interviewed by Anders Hellner is broadcasted on TV8. The Future of Europe, lecture with Carl Bildt in cooperation with The Swedish Institute of International Affairs. Global Axess The Future of Europe, interview with Carl Bildt by Anders Hellner, is broadcasted on TV8. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with Inga Sanner at Skeppsbron 24. What Do We Talk about When We Talk about Identity?, lecture by Merete Mazzarella at Skeppsbron 24. The Role of Sweden and Thailand in Their Respective Regions: Similarities and Differences. A two-day seminar at the Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand. Shaping the City by the Public Space, Urban City Research Seminar with Johan Rådberg at Skeppsbron 24. march Axess No. 2 March 2003 After the Corporate Giants is published. Global Axess USA and Europe, Power and Weakness, interview with Robert Kagan by Anders Hellner is broadcasted on TV8. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with Petteri Pietikäinen at Skeppsbron 24. Global Axess Anti-Americanism, interview with Timothy Garton Ash by Anders Hellner is broadcasted on TV8. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with Eva Marie Rigné at Skeppsbron 24. The Intellectual History of Swedish Modernism, Urban City Research Seminar with Monica Andersson at Skeppsbron 24. april Axess No.3 April 2003 Generation Shift is published. Global Axess The Future of Russia, interview with Michail Gorbatjov by Anders Hellner is broadcasted on TV8. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with Lennart Warring at Skeppsbron 24. 73

chronological report Global Axess EU – The Fortress of Bureaucracy, interview with Günther Verheugen by Anders Hellner is broadcasted on TV8. Hong Kong, China and the Future, lecture by Emily Lau in association with the Swedish Institute of International Affairs. Protokollet, book release and lectures by Susanna Popova and Mats Holm on the subject of Estonia at Skeppsbron 24. A Study of Neo-Traditional Tourist Amenities, Urban City Research Seminar with Claudia Trillo at Skeppsbron 24. may Axess No. 4 May 2003 Poor Middle Class is published. Global Axess Where is Turkey Heading? interview with Seyfi Tashan by Anders Hellner is broadcasted on TV8. Communication with Mozart, lecture by Greger Hatt at Skeppsbron 24. Genetic Axess part 1. A Brave New World is broadcasted on TV8. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with Suzanne Gieser at Skeppsbron 24. The Modernity of Religion in India, seminar with Pankaj Mishra at Skeppsbron 24. Violence in Schools Research Seminar with Allan Guggenbühl at Skeppsbron 24. Genetic Axess part 2. The Moral Animal is broadcasted on TV8. Global Axess Danger Zone Hong Kong, interview with Emily Lau by Jan Söderqvist, is broadcasted on TV8. Genetic Axess part 3. The New Human Being is broadcasted on TV8. june Axess No. 5 June 2003 The Resurrection of Truth is published. Urban City Research Seminar, “Streets, Main Streets and Meeting Places” at The Royal Coin Cabinet. Lecture by Norman Birnbaum at The Swedish Institute of International Affairs. The Engelsberg Seminar 2003 – Towards a Cosmopolitan Culture? at Avesta Manor. 74

chronological report The Only Revolution in Town, lecture by Christopher Hitchens at Skeppsbron 24. september Axess No. 6 September 2003 The Renaissance of the City State is published. Global Axess A Woman’s Struggle Against the Pressures of Patriarchy, an interview with Ayaan Hirsi Ali by Anders Hellner is broadcasted on TV8. Axel Munthe Lecture by Bengt Jangfeldt at Skeppsbron 24. Global Axess A Moral Intellectual, an interview with Christopher Hitchens by Christine Ockrent, is broadcasted on TV8. Urban City Research Seminar at Skeppsbron 24 Poundbury, a lecture by Robert Adams. The book Fönster mot Framtiden, “Visions of the Future”, is published. The Legal Divide: The Real Problem with Globalization, lecture by Hernando de Soto at Skeppsbron 24. Global Axess Garbage and Globalisation, an interview with Zygmunt Bauman by Anders Hellner, is broadcasted on TV8. What is man? Man is a Vehicle for His Genes is broadcasted on Swedish Television. Richard Dawkins interviewed by Göran Rosenberg. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with David Healy and Edward Shorter at Skeppsbron 24. Modernity and Its Discontents: The Tyranny of Intimacy? Conference at the Royal Coin Cabinet. What is Man? Man is a Moral Being is broadcasted on Swedish Television. Erwin Bischofberger interviewed by Göran Rosenberg Global Axess War and Peace in the Market State, an interview with Philip Bobbitt by Göran Rosenberg, is broadcasted on TV8.

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chronological report october Axess No. 7 October 2003 The Disorder of Things is published. What is Man? Man is Man and Woman is broadcasted on Swedish Television. Camille Paglia interviewed by Göran Rosenberg. The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Göran Rosenberg interviewed Bo Rothstein. Global Axess is broadcasted on TV8. The Multicultural Dead End, an interview with Nathan Glazer by Göran Rosenberg. Perspectives on Russia in Transition, an international conference in Helsinki, Finland. What is Man? Man is a Cultural Being is broadcasted on Swedish Television. Paul Ehrlich interviewed by Göran Rosenberg. Global Axess is broadcasted on TV8. Citizen without Background, an interview with Catherine Audard by Björn Linnell. The Engelsberg Dialogue No. 2 is broadcasted on TV8. Susanna Popova Hakelius interviewed Petra Östergren. What is Man? Man is His Own Creator is broadcasted on Swedish Television. Lee M Silver interviewed by Göran Rosenberg. Global Axess is broadcasted on TV8. An American Social Democrat, an interview with Norman Birnbaum by Anders Hellner. The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Per Svensson interviewed Ove Joanson. The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Niklas Ekdal interviewed Inga-Britt Ahlenius. Global Axess is broadcasted on TV8. The European Betrayal, an interview with David Frum by Kay Glans. november Axess No. 8 November 2003 Shadow Economy is published. The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Kay Glans interviewed Stefan Fölster. Global Axess is broadcasted on TV8. Order or Human Rights?, an interview with Deepak Kumar Lal by Thomas Gür. Good Mixed-Use for the 21st Century Urban City Research Conference at Stockholm City Conference Center, Stockholm. 76

chronological report The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Björn Linnell interviewed Björn Ranelid. The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Thomas Gür interviewed Anders Borg. From Ottoman Periphery to European Modernity, lecture by Nathan Shachar at Skeppsbron 24. Urban City Research lecture by Aleksander Wolodarski at Skeppsbron 24. december The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Susanna Popova Hakelius interviewed Gunilla Herlitz. Axess No. 9 December 2003 Voting by Shopping is published. The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Per Svensson interviewed David Rieff. The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Niklas Ekdal interviewed K G Hammar.

2004 january A New Evaluation of Problems in Mandaean Research: Early History, Influences and Gender, lecture by Professor Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley at Skeppsbron 24. february Axess No. 1 February 2004 The Future of the City is Here is published. The Engelsberg Dialogue No.1 is broadcasted on TV8. Per Svensson interviewed Dr. Gunnar Wetterberg. Al-Jazeera – Terrorist TV or an Arabic CNN?, lecture by Thomas Gür at Skeppsbron 24. Global Axess is broadcasted on TV8. Thomas Gür interviewed Wadah Khanfar, head of Al-Jazeera. The Engelsberg Dialogue Kay Glans interviewed Lars Wedin from Swedish National Defence College. 77

chronological report Global Axess is broadcasted on TV8. Thomas Gür interviewed Tarun Tejpal, editor of the Indian magazine Tehelka. The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Rolf van den Brink interviewed Lena K Samuelsson, Editor-in-Chief of Svenska Dagbladet. Global Axess is broadcasted on TV8. Thomas Gür interviewed Geoffrey Nyarota, former Editor-in-Chief of Zimbabwe’s Daily News. The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Susanna Popova Hakelius interviewed Anders Gerdin, Editor-in-Chief of Aftonbladet. Global Axess is broadcasted on TV8. Thomas Gür interviewed Bassem Eid, head of The Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group. march The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Niklas Ekdal interviewed Håkan Syrén, Sweden’s Commander-in-Chief. Axess No. 2 March 2004 India Unleashed is published. Global Axess No. 5 is broadcasted on TV8. Axel Odelberg interviewed Ali Lmrabet, Moroccan editor and journalist. The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Susanna Hakelius Popova interviewed Christina Jutterström, CEO of Sveriges Television. Career Barriers – a seminar on equal career opportunities with Monica Renstig from the Stockholm School of Economics at Skeppsbron 24. Global Axess is broadcasted on TV8. Nathan Shachar interviewed Huber Matos. The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Susanna Hakelius Popova interviewed Otto Sjöberg, Editor-in-Chief of Expressen. Global Axess is broadcasted on TV8. Thomas Gür interviewed the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. The Johan Ludvig Runeberg Bicentenary Seminar with Merete Mazzarella “Runeberg and the Finnish Folk Soul” at Finlandshuset in Stockholm. 78

chronological report The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Susanna Hakelius Popova interviewed Jan Wifstrand, Editor-in-Chief of Dagens Nyheter. Global Axess is broadcasted on TV8. Thomas Gür interviewed Hu Shuli, Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese magazine Caijing. The Johan Ludvig Runeberg Bicentenary Seminar with Matti Klinge “The Political Runeberg” at Finlandshuset in Stockholm. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar at Skeppsbron 24. The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Susanna Hakelius Popova interviewed Jan Scherman, CEO of TV4. Belief and Knowledge within Today’s Feminism – lecture by Susanna Hakelius Popova at Skeppsbron 24. The Johan Ludvig Runeberg Bicentenary Seminar with Agneta Rahikainen “Johan Ludvig and Fredrika Runeberg” at Finlandshuset in Stockholm. april Axess No. 3 April 2004 The Cluster Economy is published. The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Susanna Hakelius Popova and Rolf van den Brink discusses with the editors: Christina Jutterström, Otto Sjöberg, Anders Gerdin, Gunilla Herlitz and Lena K Samuelson on the topic of media power. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar at Skeppsbron 24. Urban City Research Seminar with Krister Sernbo “How to Make Green Structures Cohabit with Urban Structures” at Södra Teatern, Stockholm. Lecture by Sigrid Rausing “History, Memory, and Identity in PostSoviet Estonia: The End of a Collective Farm” at the Stockholm School of Economics. may Axess No. 4 May 2004 The Swedish School Must Change Its Course is published. Axess Seminar with Shirin Ahlbäck Öberg “Free Research on Collision with the Swedish Government’s Production of Ideology” at Skeppsbron 24. 79

chronological report St. Petersburg in the 21st Century – Views on Growth, Culture, Science and Economics, an international conference at the Grand Hôtel, Stockholm in cooperation with The City of Stockholm and The Stenbeck Group. Axess Seminar with Hernando de Soto, Allan Larsson and Joakim Ollén “The Legal Divide: The Real Problem with Globalization” at ABF in Stockholm. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with Dr. Mark S. Micale “DSM and the Culture of Psychiatric Diagnostics in the Early Twenty-First Century” at Skeppsbron 24. june Special programme produced by the Foundation is broadcasted on TV8. The Royal State Visit by The King and Queen of Sweden to Thailand. The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Personified Business- The Power and Agenda of Swedish Business Journalism with Jan Wifstrand, Editor-in-Chief of Dagens Nyheter and Weje Sandén Editor-in-Chief of Veckans Affärer. Discussion led by Thomas Gür. Urban City Research Seminar with Stephen Marshall ”The Sustainable Arterial Street” at Piperska Muren in Stockholm. Axess No. 5 June 2004 Press Under Pressure is published. What is George W Bush Doing?, a lecture by David Frum in cooperation with The Institute of International Affairs in Stockholm. The Engelsberg Seminar 2004 “Media and Media Power” takes place at Avesta Manor in Avesta. The American Crisis, a lecture by former Clinton Advisor Sidney Blumenthal, at Skeppsbron 24. august Axess Seminar “The Market of Uncertainty” with Alyson Bailes and Svante Cornell at Skeppsbron 24. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with Petteri Pietikäinen at Skeppsbron 24. 80

chronological report september Axess No. 6 September 2004 The Market of Uncertainty is published. The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Hans L Zetterberg interviewed by Susanna Popova. Global Axess is broadcasted on TV8. Roy Greenslade interviewed by Thomas Gür. The Danish Media Situation in a Comparative Perspective, lecture by Tøger Seidenfaden, Editor-in-Chief, Politiken, Denmark at Stureplan 3. The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Kjell-Olof Feldt interviewed by PJ Anders Linder. Global Axess is broadcasted on TV8. Edward Lucas interviewed by Thomas Gür. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with Petteri Pietikäinen at Skeppsbron 24. The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Mauricio Rojas interviewed by Peter Wolodarski. Global Axess is broadcasted on TV8. Isabel Hilton interviewed by Björn Linnell. october Axess No. 7 October 2004. Turkey at the Crossroads is published. The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Hans Bergström interviewed by Peter Wolodarski. Global Axess is broadcasted on TV8. John Lloyd interviewed by Thomas Gür. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with lecture by Karin Johannisson at Skeppsbron 24. The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Agneta Dreber interviewed by Peter Wolodarski. The Swedish Success Story?, is published. Global Axess is broadcasted on TV8. Shashi Tharoor interviewed by Thomas Gür. The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Johan Norberg interviewed by Per Svensson. Global Axess is broadcasted on TV8. Sidney Blumenthal interviewed by Susanna Popova. 81

chronological report The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Roland Poirier Martinsson interviewed by Susanna Popova. Global Axess is broadcasted on TV8. Nicholas Lemann interviewed by Thomas Gür. november Contemporary Feminism Seminar “Sex, Lies and Feminism”, lecture given by Christina Hoff Sommers at Skeppsbron 24. Media 8 No. 1 The End of Publicists with Susanna Popova and Mats Ekström is broadcasted on TV8. Axess No. 8 November 2004 The Reluctant Empire is published. The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Gunnar Strömmer interviewed by PJ Anders Linder. Media 8 No. 2 Who Owns the Media? with Susanna Popova and Mats Ekström is broadcasted on TV8. Global Axess is broadcasted on TV8. David Frum interviewed by Thomas Gür. The Pleasure of Mixing Formal and Organic Design in Private and Public Gardens, lectures by Jacques Wirtz and Peter Wirtz at Skeppsbron 24. Media 8 No. 3 The Principle of Free Access to Public Records with Susanna Popova and Mats Ekström is broadcasted on TV8. The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Janerik Larsson interviewed by Susanna Popova. Media Arrogance – Is Journalism Capable of Self-Criticism? A debate between John Lloyd, FT Magazine, and Richard Sambrook, BBC News, at 14 Queen Anne’s Gate, London, UK. The Reception of Dynamic Psychology Seminar with Petteri Pietikäinen at Skeppsbron 24. Media 8 No. 4 Media and Power with Susanna Popova and Mats Ekström is broadcasted on TV8. The Engelsberg Dialogue is broadcasted on TV8. Marit Paulsen interviewed by Peter Wolodarski. december The History of Gulag, an evening with Anne Applebaum at Skeppsbron 24. 82

chronological report Media 8 No. 5 The Consultants and the Lobbyists with Susanna Popova and Mats Ekström is broadcasted on TV8. Modernity and Its Discontents is published. Axess No. 9 December 2004 The Future is so Passé is published. Media 8 No. 6 Copied Journalism with Susanna Popova and Mats Ekström is broadcasted on TV8. Axess 2004 Indien kastar loss – Press under press is published. Urban City Research Seminar with lecture by Charlotte Holst at Piperska Muren.

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Contributors * Adam, Robert, University of Minnesota, USA Ahlenius, Inga-Britt, Former Auditor General of Sweden Albrecht, Hans-Holger, President and Chief Executive, Modern Times Group AB (MTG), Stockholm, Sweden Alda, Martin, Dept. of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University Medical School, Canada Alferov, Zhores I., Professor and Director of A. F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, S:t Petersburg, Russia Almqvist, Kurt, President and CEO, Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden Altman, Lawrence, MD, Medical Correspondent, New York Times, USA Anderson, Luke, Author, London, UK Andersson, Monica, M.A. Doctoral Student, Stockholm University, Sweden Applebaum, Anne, Journalist and Author, Washington Post, USA Arhippainen, Max, Editor-in-Chief, Hufvudstadsbladet, Helsinki, Finland Arnstberg, Karl-Olov, Professor of Ethnology, Stockholm University, Sweden Arvidsson, Håkan, Associate Professor, Roskilde University, Denmark Audard, Catherine, Professor at London School of Economics, Forum of European Philosophy, London, UK Ax:son Johnson, Viveca, Chairman, Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden Bailes, Alyson J K, Ambassador and Director of SIPRI, Stockholm, Sweden

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contributors Barkan, Elazar, Claremont Graduate University, Dept. of History and Cultural Studies, USA Barker, Paul, Author and Journalist, London, UK Bauman, Zygmunt, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Leeds and Warsaw, UK/Poland Beecher, Jonathan, Professor at the University of California, Santa Fe, USA Berggren, Henrik, Editor-in-Chief of the Arts section, Dagens Nyheter, Sweden Berglöf, Erik, Professor, Director of SITE, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden Berglund, Kerstin, The Municipality of Vallentuna, Sweden Bergström, Hans, Journalist, Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm, Sweden Berman, Sheri, Ph D, Department of Politics, Princeton University, USA Berner, Örjan, Former Swedish Ambassador to Soviet Union/Russia, Germany and France Bildt, Carl, Former Prime Minister of Sweden Billström, Annika, Mayor of the City of Stockholm, Sweden Birnbaum, Norman, Professor Emeritus, Georgetown University Law Center, USA Bischofberger, Erwin, Professor of Medical Ethics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden Bishop, Paul, Lecturer at the University of Glasgow, UK Bloom, Harold, Professor Yale University and New York University, USA Blumenthal, Sidney, author and journalist, Salon.com, USA Bobbitt, Philip, Professor at Texas University School of Law, USA Bodman, Whitney, Doctoral Candidate, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, USA Bohl, Charles C., Associate Professor and Director of the Knight Program in Community Building, School of Architecture, University of Miami, USA Bolander, Per Olof, Journalist, Stockholm, Sweden Bommes, Michael, Professor Dr., University of Osnabrück, Institute of Migration Research and Intercultural Studies, Germany Borg, Anders, Chief Economist, The Moderate Party, Sweden Brink, Rolf van den, Editor-in-Chief of Dagens Media.se, Stockholm, Sweden Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen, Assistant Professor of Religion, Bowdoin College, USA Bulger, Roger MD, CEO of Academic Health Centres, USA

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contributors Chongkittavorn, Kavi, Editor-in-Chief, The Nation, Bangkok, Thailand Calltorp, Johan, Professor, Director of County Health Care Unit, House of Regions, Skövde, Sweden Carlsson, Ingvar, Former Prime Minister of Sweden Casanova, José, Professor of Sociology, New School of Social Research, New York, USA Castells, Manuel, Professor of Sociology and Professor of City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley, USA Chaiyasoot, Naris, President of Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand Conibear, Simon, Poundbury Development Manager, UK Cornell, Svante, PhD, Department of Peace and Conflict Research, University of Uppsala, Sweden Cox, Harvey, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University, USA Creveld, Martin van, Professor of Military History at Hebrew University, Israel Dahl, Göran, Department of Sociology, Lund University, Sweden Dahlbäck, Göran, Professor of Medieval History, Stockholm University, Sweden Davis, Erik, Contributing Editor, Wired Magazine, USA Dawkins, Richard, Charles Simonyi Professor for The Understanding Of Science at Oxford University, UK Dideen, Tana, PhD, Consultant, Author and Journalist, Victoria, B.C., Canada Doner, Richard E, Professor, Department of Political Science, Emory University, USA Dreber, Agneta, CEO, Livsmedelsföretagen, Stockholm, Sweden Duany, Andrés, Architect and Town Planner, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, USA Dunham-Jones, Ellen, Architect, Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Edsman, Carl-Martin, Professor Emeritus of the History of Religion, Uppsala University, Sweden Egziabher, Tewolde Berhan Gebre, Right Livelihood Award Winner, Ethiopia Eid, Bassem, Head of The Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group, Jerusalem, PA

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contributors Ekdal, Niklas, Political Editor, Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm, Sweden Ekéus, Rolf, Ambassador and Member of the Board, Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation, Sweden Ekholm Friedman, Kajsa, Associate Professor at the Department of Social Anthropology, Lund University, Sweden Ekman, Bo, Founding Partner and Chairman of Nextwork, Stockholm, Sweden Ekman, Kerstin, Author, Member of the Swedish Academy, Sweden Ekström, Mats, Professor of Media and Communication, Örebro University, Sweden Elmlund, Peter, Project Leader, Urban City Research, Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden Elms, Alan C., Professor, Department of Psychology, University of California, USA Elte, Nathanea, Dr.sc.techn. ETH, Austria Ericson, Bernt, PhD, LM Ericsson, Sweden Eriksen, Thomas Hylland, Professor, Dept. of Social Anthropology, University of Olso, Norway Etkind, Alexander, Professor at the European University, St. Petersburg, Russia Etzkowitz, Associate Professor State University of New York, USA Facon, Isabelle, Researcher of the Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, Paris, France Faivre, Antoine, Professor and Director at E.P.H.E., Sciences Religeuse, Sorbonne, France Farrell, John, Associate Professor of Literature, Claremont McKenna College, USA Feldt, Kjell-Olof, Former Minister of Finance, Sweden Fenby, Jonathan, Author and Editorial Director, EarlyWarning.com, UK Forsell, Håkan, PhD in History at Stockholm University, Sweden Forshed, Kjell, Architect SAR, Brunnberg & Forshed, Sweden Frum, David, Journalist, Author and Resident Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, Washington D.C., USA Frykman, Jonas, Professor at the Department of Ethnology, Lund University, Sweden Fölster, Stefan, Chief Economist, The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise

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contributors Gabr, Shafik M., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Artoc Group for Investment & Development, Egypt Garton Ash, Timothy, Author and Journalist, Director of the European Studies Centre at St. Antony’s College, Oxford, UK Gebremedhin, Ezra, Associate Professor, Department of Theology, University of Uppsala, Sweden Gehl, Jan, Professor of Urban Design at the School of Architecture, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark Gerdin, Anders, Editor-in-Chief, Aftonbladet, Stockholm, Sweden Gerner, Kristian, Professor of History, Lund University, Sweden Gibbs, Robert, Landscape Architect, Gibbs Planning Group, USA Gieser, Suzanne, PhD, Department of History of Science and Ideas, Uppsala University, Sweden Gilhus, Ingvild Saelid, Professor of Religion, University of Bergen, Norway Glans, Kay, Editor-in-Chief, Axess Magazine, Stockholm, Sweden Glazer, Nathan, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Harvard University, USA Goodhart, David, Editor-in-Chief, Prospect Magazine, UK Gorbatjov, Michail, Former President to the Soviet Union Greenslade, Roy, Professor, City University, London, UK Grof, Stanislav, M.D., California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, USA Guarente, Leonard, Professor of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Gür, Thomas, Journalist and Consultant, Stockholm, Sweden Göransson, Alf, President and CEO of NCC, Stockholm, Sweden Hakelius, Johan, Journalist and Writer, Stockholm, Sweden Hall, Richard A, Professor at Florida State University, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, USA Hallsten, Lennart, PhD, National Institute for Working Life, Stockholm, Sweden Hammar, K G, Arch Bishop of Sweden Hammer, Olav, PhD, History of Religion, Lund University, Sweden Hansson, Mats G., Docent at Uppsala University, Sweden Hartman, Lars, Professor Emeritus, Department of Theology, University of Uppsala, Sweden Hatt, Greger, Communication Advisor to the Swedish Government, Strategic Leadership Communication, Stockholm, Sweden Hauer, Gottfried, Doctoral Student at the University of Essex, UK

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contributors Haught, John F., Professor at the Department of Theology, Georgetown University, USA Hayles, Katherine, Professor of English, University of California, USA Healy, David, PhD, University of Wales, College of Medicine, Wales, UK Hedborg, Anna, Director General, National Social Insurance Board, Sweden Heelas, Paul, PhD, Department of Religious Studies, Lancaster University, UK Heinberg, Richard, Author and Lecturer, New College of California, USA Hellner, Anders, Programme Director of the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm, Sweden Henningsen, Bernt, Professor at University of Humboldt, Berlin, Germany Herlitz, Gunilla, Editor-in-Chief, Dagens industri, Stockholm, Sweden Hesslow, Germund, Professor, Dept. of Physiological Sciences, Lund University, Sweden Hilton, Isabel, Author and Journalist, The New Yorker and The Guardian, USA/UK Hirdman, Sven, Ambassador of Sweden to Russian Federation Hirsi Ali, Ayaan, Member of Parliament, Volkspartij Voor Vrijheid en Democratie, Holland Hitchens, Christopher, Author and Journalist, Washington D.C., USA Holm, Mats, Freelance Journalist, Stockholm, Sweden Holst, Charlotte, Architect, Stockholm City Planning Committee, Sweden Hu, Shuli, Editor-in-Chief, Caijing Magazine, Beijing, China Hurd, Madeleine, Associate Professor at Södertörn University College, Sweden Ihanus, Juhani, Associate Professor at the University of Helsinki, Finland Introvigne, Massimo, Dr, CESNUR, Turin, Italy Irenius, Lisa, Journalist, Stockholm, Sweden Isaksson, Anders, Author and Journalist at Dagens industri, Sweden Jackson, Wes, Right Livelihood Award Winner, USA Jacoby, Russell, Professor of History, UCLA, USA Jangfeldt, Bengt, Author, Stockholm, Sweden Jarnheimer, Lars-Johan, President and CEO, Tele2, Stockholm, Sweden Jarrick, Arne, Professor, Dept. of History, Stockholm University, Sweden

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contributors Jersenius, Håkan, Town planner, Småstaden Architects AB, Sweden Joanson, Ove, Chairman of Swedish Radio, Sweden Joffrin, Laurent, Editor-in-Chief, Le Nouvel Observateur, Paris, France Johannisson, Karin, Proffessor of History of Ideas, University of Uppsala, Sweden Johansson, Alf W, Professor at the Institute of Contemporary History at Södertörn University College, Sweden Johansson, Jan-Olov, Head of Science Radio, Swedish Radio, Uppsala, Sweden Johansson, Rune, Professor, Ethnic Studies, Linköping University, Sweden Jutterström, Christina, CEO, Sveriges Television, Stockholm, Sweden Kagan, Robert, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Brussels, Belgium Kaldor, Mary, Professor and Director of the Programme on Global Civil Society at the Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London School of Economics, UK Karlsson, Nils, PhD, Ratio Institute, Stockholm, Sweden Kashnikov, Boris, Director of the International Crisis Group, Moscow, Russia Kegler, Harald, Dr, Labor für Regionalplanung, Germany Kelbaugh, Dough, Professor of Architecture, University of Michigan, USA Keller, Evelyn Fox, Professor of History and Philosophy of Science in the Program in Science, Technology and Society at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Khanfar, Wadah, Head of Al-Jazeera, Doha, Qatar Khilnani, Sunil, Director of New South Asia Program, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, USA Kimche, David, PhD, Israel Council for Foreign Relations, Israel Klausen, Jytte, Professor at the Dept. of Politics at Brandeis University, USA Klein, Georg, Professor Emeritus, Microbiological and Tumour Biological Centre, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden Klinge, Matti, Professor, Department of History, University of Helsinki, Finland Koivisto, Mauno, Former President of Finland Kolakowski, Leszek, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Committee on Social Thought, University of Chicago and Fellow of the British Academy, UK

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contributors Kuper, Adam, Professor at Brunel University, Dept. of Human Sciences, UK Lal, Deepak Kumar, James S. Coleman Professor of International Development Studies, University of California, USA Larson, Kate, Doctoral Student, Department of Philosophy, University of Uppsala Larsson, Allan, Chairman of Swedish Television, Sweden Larsson, Janerik, Consultant, KREAB, Stockholm, Sweden Lau, Emily, Member of the Legislature, representing the Liberal Party, Hong Kong Laurin, Dan, Professor at The National University for Fine Arts and Music, Tokyo and Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music, Sweden Lawrence, David, MD, Chairman of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Oakland, USA Lemke, Birsel, Right Livelihood Award Winner, Turkey Lemne, Carola, MD, General Manager of Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden Lifton, Robert Jay, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology at the Graduate School University Center and Director of The Center on Violence and Human Survival at John Jay College of Criminal Justice at The City University of New York, USA Linklater, Alexander, Co-Editor, Prospect Magazine, UK Livernois, Jay, Director of Eranos Foundation, Switzerland Lloyd, John, Editor-in-Chief, FT Magazine, London, UK Lmrabet, Ali, Editor and Journalist, Marocco Lucas, Edward, Editor, The Economist, London, UK Luttenberger, Franz, PhD, Department of History of Science and Ideas, Uppsala University, Sweden Löfgren, Mikael, Editor, Dagens Nyheter, Sweden Maccoby, Michael, President, The Maccoby Group, Washington, D.C. Magnusson, Jörgen, Doctoral Student of the History of Religion, Dept. of Theology, Uppsala University, Sweden Magnusson, Lars, Professor of Economy, Uppsala University, Sweden Malik, Kenan, Author and Journalist, London, UK Malmborg, Mikael af, Associate Professor, Department of History, Lund University, Sweden Marcus, Lars, PhD, Architect, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

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contributors Martinsson, Roland Poirier, Philosopher and Author, University of Lund, Sweden Matos, Huber, Miami, USA Matvienko, Valentina I., Governor of S:t Petersburg, Russia Mazlish, Bruce, Professor of History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Mazzarella, Merete, Professor of Nordic Literature, University of Helsinki, Finland McFadden, Johnjoe, Professor of Molecular Genetics, Head of Microbial Sciences Group, Deputy Head of School of Biomedical and Life Sciences University of Surrey, UK Michnik, Adam, Editor-in-Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza, Warsaw, Poland Midgley, Mary, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Newcastle, UK Milosz, Czeslaw, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Nobel Price Laureate 1980, Warsaw, Poland Mishra, Pankaj, Author and Writer, India Molander, Per, Research leader and author, SNS, Stockholm, Sweden More, Max, PhD, Extropy Institute, California, USA Mortensen, Anders, PhD, Department of Literature, Lund University, Sweden Moshes, Arkady, Senior Researcher at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Helsinki, Finland Munir, Right Livelihood Award Winner, Indonesia Murrain, Paul, Urban Designer, The Prince’s Foundation, UK Narrowe, Morton, Chief Rabbi Emeritus, Stockholm, Sweden Nelson, Marie Clark, Professor at Linköping University, Sweden Nilsson, Anna, Doctoral Student, Dept. of the History of Ideas, Stockholm University, Sweden Norberg, Johan, Head of Political Ideas, Timbro, Stockholm, Sweden Normann, Richard, Professor, Management Consultant, La Celle Saint Cloud, France Nuchpiam, Theera, Assistant Professor, Coordinator of the “AsiaEurope Studies Programme”, Thailand Research Fund, Bankok, Thailand Nyarota, Geoffrey, former Editor-in-Chief, Daily News, Harare, Zimbabwe Nyström, Louise, Professor of Spatial Planning at Blekinge Institute of Technology and Director of the Swedish Urban Environment Council, Sweden

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contributors Ockrent, Christine, Journalist and Author, Paris, France Odelberg, Axel, Author, Stockholm, Sweden Ohlander, Ann-Sofie, Professor of History, Örebro University, Sweden Oldenburg, Ray, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of West Florida, USA Oldfelt Christina Ekéus, Psychoterapist, Jungian Analyst, Stockholm, Sweden Ollén, Joakim, President, Akademiska Hus, Stockholm, Sweden Pagels, Elaine, Harrington Spear Pain Professor of Religion, Princeton University, USA Paglia, Camille, Professor of Humanities, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, USA Pappelbaum, Stanley, MD, Managing Partner, Pappelbaum, Turner & Associates in Del Mar, USA Paulsen, Marit, Member of European Parliament Persson, Göran, Prime Minister of Sweden Pettersson, Ulf, Professor, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Sweden Pietikäinen, Petteri, PhD, Department of History, University of Helsinki, Finland Pitsuwan, Surin, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Member of Parliament, Thailand Pleijel, Agneta, Author, Stockholm, Sweden Politkovskaya, Anna, Journalist, Novaya Gazeta, Moscow, Russia Popova, Susanna Hakelius, Journalist and Author, Stockholm, Sweden Pursiainen, Christer, Senior Researcher Fellow at Nordregio, Stockholm, Sweden Prawda, Marek, Ambassador of Poland to Sweden Quispel, Gilles, Professor Emeritus of the History of Religion, University of Utrecht, Holland Rahikainen, Agneta, Author and Head of Archive, The Archive of The Swedish Literature Society in Finland Rajamaa, Ruth, PhD, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Sweden Ralph, Bo, Professor of Nordic Languages at the Department of Swedish Language at Gothenburg University and Member of the Swedish Academy, Sweden

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contributors Ramadan, Tariq, University of Geneva, Switzerland Ramanna, Raja, Dr, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, India Ranelid, Björn, Author, Stockholm, Sweden Ranstorp, Magnus, Deputy Director of the Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK Rausing, Sigrid, PhD, Dept. of Anthropology, University College London, UK Razeen, Sally, PhD, at International Relations Department, London School of Economics, UK Renstig, Monica, Resercher and Consultant, Women’s Business School AB, Sweden Rieff, David, Journalist and Author, The New York Times, USA Rigné, Eva Marie, Research Fellow at the University of Linköping, Sweden Riste, Olav, Professor at Institute of Defence Studies, Olso, Norway Roazen, Paul, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at York University, UK Roedy, William H, President, MTV Networks International, New York, USA Rojas, Mauricio, Member of Parliament, Sweden Rose, Hilary, Professor of Sociology, City University, London, UK Rose, Steven, Professor of Biology, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK Rosen, Jeffrey, Associate Professor of Law, George Washington University, USA Rosenberg, Göran, Journalist and Author, Stockholm, Sweden Rosengren, Björn, Senior Advisor, The Stenbeck Group, Stockholm, Sweden Roth, Hans Ingvar, Theol. Dr, Centre for Multiethnic Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden Rothstein, Bo, Professor, Department of Political Science, Gothenburg University, Sweden Roy, Manisha, PhD, Anthropologist and Author, USA Rudlin, David, PhD, Director, Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood Initiative, UK Rådberg, Johan, Professor, Urban Planning, Department of Architecture, Lund University, Sweden Rådlund, Christopher, Artist, Stockholm, Sweden Salmon, Patrick, Professor of History, University of Newcastle, UK

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contributors Salomon, Kim, Professor of History, Lund University, Sweden Sambrook, Richard, Head of BBC News, UK Samuelsson, Lena K, Editor-in-Chief, Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, Sweden Sandén, Weje, Editor-in-Chief, Veckans Affärer, Stockholm, Sweden Sanner, Inga, Research Fellow, Department of the History of Ideas, Stockholm University, Sweden Sassen, Saskia, Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago, Centennial Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics, USA/UK Sathirathai, Surakiart Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand Scherman, Jan, CEO, TV4, Stockholm, Sweden Schoug, Fredrik, PhD, Department of Ethnology, Lund University, Sweden Sernbo, Krister, Social Ecologist, Stockholm, Sweden Seidenfaden, Tøger, Editor-in-Chief, Politiken, Copenhagen, Denmark Shachar, Nathan, Author and Journalist, Buenos Aires, Argentina Shapiro, Robert, PhD, Former Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs, Washington D. C., USA Shorter, Edward, Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada Silver, Lee M, Professor of Molecular Biology and Public Affairs, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, USA Silvers, Robert, Editor, New York Review of Books, New York, USA Sjöberg, Otto, Editor-in-Chief, Expressen, Stockholm, Sweden Sjölander, Sverre, Professor of Zoology, Department of Biology, Linköping University, Sweden Solomon, Joan, Professor at the Centre for Science Education, Open University, UK Sonne, Wolfgang, PhD, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK Sommers, Christina Hoff, Author and Journalist, Washington D.C. USA de Soto, Hernando, President of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy, Lima, Peru Speck, Jeff, Director of Town Planning, Duany Plater-Zyberk, USA Steffner, Lena, Doctoral Student of Architecture, Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden Steinfeld, Thomas, Editor, Süddeutche Zeitung, München, Germany Stewart, Janet, Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen, UK Stråth, Bo, Professor, European University Institute, Florence, Italy

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contributors Ström Pernilla, Columnist and Writer, Stockholm, Sweden Strömmer, Gunnar, Founder of Center for Justice, Sweden Sunthraraks, Pisanu, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University, Thailand Sutela, Pekka, Head of the Bank of Finland Institute for Economic Transition, Helsinki, Finland Swartz, Richard, Author and Foreign Correspondent, Stockholm and Vienna, Sweden/Austria Svedjedal, Johan, Professor of Literature, Uppsala University, Sweden Svensson, Albert, Architect, Stockholm, Sweden Svensson, Per, Author and Editor of the Cultural Pages, Expressen, Sweden Sylwan, Peter, PhD, Freelance science writer, Sweden Syrén, Håkan, Sweden’s Commander-in-Chief Södergård, J Peter, Doctoral Student of the History of Religion, Dept. of Theology, Uppsala University, Sweden Söderlind, Jerker, Architect, MSA, Researcher, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Söderqvist, Jan, Editor, Axess Magazine, Stockholm, Sweden Talvitie, Heikki, Ambassador and Chairman of the Finland-Russia Society, Finland Tashan, Seyfi, Professor and Director of the Turkish Foreign Policy Institute at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey Taylor, David, Alan Baxter Associates, USA Tejpal, Tarun, Editor-in-Chief, Magazine Tehelka, New Delhi, India Tharoor, Shashi, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, United Nations Thulin, Eva, Doctoral Student at Lund University, Sweden Tibi, Bassam, Professor at the Dept. of International Relations at Institute of Political Science, University of Göttingen, Germany Timofeev, Lev, Director of the Centre for Research on the Illegal Economic Systems, Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russia Tingsabadh, Charit, Assistant Professor, Director of the Centre for European Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Torstendahl, Rolf, Professor, Department of History, Uppsala University, Sweden Trillo, Claudia, Architect, Università Federico II, Facoltà di Architettura, Italy

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contributors Ulvskog, Marita, SDP Party Secretary, Stockholm, Sweden Verheugen, Günther, EU Commissioner responsible for enlargement, Brussels, Belgium Wahlbäck, Krister, Ambassador and Expert on security policy issues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Stockholm, Sweden Wallrup, Erik, Editor, Axess Magazine, Stockholm, Sweden Warring, Lennart, MA, Doctoral Student of Cinema Studies, Stockholm University, Sweden Wedin, Lars, Commander, Swedish National Defence College Wetterberg, Gunnar, Political Director, SACO – The Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations, Stockholm, Sweden Wickbom, Ulf, Author and Journalist, Stockholm, Sweden Widmalm, Sten, Department of Political Science, Uppsala University, Sweden Wifstrand, Jan, Editor-in-Chief, Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm, Sweden Wirtz, Jacques, Landscape Architect, Antwerp, Belgium Wolodarski, Aleksander, Architect, Stockholm, Sweden Wolodarski, Peter, Journalist, Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm, Sweden Wright, Robert, Author, New Jersey, USA Zaremba, Maciej, Journalist and Editor, Dagens Nyheter, Sweden Zavos, Panayiotis, Professor Emeritus of Reproductive PhysiologyAndrology at the University of Kentucky, USA Zetterberg, Hans L, Author and former Editor-in-Chief of Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, Sweden Ziman, John, Fellow of the Royal Society and Emeritus Professor of Physics of the University of Bristol, UK Åström, Sverker, Former State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden Öberg, Shirin Ahlbäck, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Political Science, University of Uppsala, Sweden Östberg, Kjell, Associate Professor, Institute for Contemporary History, Södertörn University College, Sweden Österberg, Eva, Professor of History, Lund University, Sweden Östergren, Petra, Author, Stockholm, Sweden

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