Dag Herbjørnsrud

Dag Herbjørnsrud (born 11 January 1971) is a Norwegian historian and journalist. He has been editor-in-chief of the Norwegian weekly left-wing periodical Ny Tid since 1 February 2008.^[1][2]

He is the son of writer Hans Herbjørnsrud and historian Anna Tranberg. In 1991–94, Dag Herbjørnsrud studied political science at the University of Oslo.^[3] He graduated as cand. philol. in 2002 with an English language thesis on the later philosophy of Robert Nozick titled Leaving Libertarianism: Social Ties in Robert Nozick's New Philosophy.^[4] In the thesis, Herbjørnsrud argued that Nozick left Libertarianism in his later years.^[4] In a 2005 interview with the Norwegian liberal-conservative periodical Minerva, Herbjørnsrud stated that Nozick advocated the welfare state, and that Anarchy, State, and Utopia is not representative for Nozick's writings.^[5]

He is a former political columnist for Al-Jazeera's English website and former journalist and commentator in the newspapers Morgenbladet (1993-1995) and Aftenposten (1995-2005).^[1][6]

Works

In cooperation with Stian Bromark he has written three non-fiction books in Norwegian:^[7]

• Blanke løgner, skitne sannheter (Blatant Lies, Dirty Truths) (2002)
• Frykten for Amerika (The Fear of America)
• Norge - et lite stykke verdenshistorie (Norway - A Small Piece of World History) (2005).

References

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1. ^ ^{a b} "Herbjørnsrud ny Ny Tid-redaktør [Herbjørnsrud new editor-in-chief]" (in Norwegian). Ukeavisen Ledelse. 1 February 2008. http://www.ukeavisenledelse.no/nyheter/ledelse/article52005.zrm. Retrieved 24 January 2011. 
2. ^ Dåstøl, Astrid (1 February 2008). "Ny redaktør i Ny Tid [New editor-in-chief in Ny Tid]" (in Norwegian). Vårt Land. http://www.vl.no/samfunn/article12524.zrm. Retrieved 24 January 2011. 
3. ^ "About Dag Herbjørnsrud". The Thinker Site. http://www.sttar.com/dag/templates/article.asp?DocID=18. Retrieved 24 January 2011. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Herbjørnsrud, D. (2002). Leaving Libertarianism: Social Ties in Robert Nozick's New Philosophy (Thesis). University of Oslo. http://www.duo.uio.no/sok/work.html?WORKID=4298&lang=en. Retrieved 24 January 2011. 
5. ^ Isaksen, Torbjørn R. (2005). Andresen, Nils A.. ed. "Den ukjente Robert Nozick [The unknown Robert Nozick]" (in Norwegian). Minerva (Oslo: Conservative Students' Association) 2. 
6. ^ Holen, Øyvind (29 October 2004). "Skriver for Al-Jazeera [Writes for Al-Jazeera]" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. http://www.aftenposten.no/kul_und/article901634.ece. Retrieved 24 January 2011. 
7. ^ "Dag Herbjørnsrud". Cappelen Damm. http://www.cappelendamm.no/main/Katalog.aspx?f=2501&authview=booklist. Retrieved 24 January 2011. 

External links

• Official website

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