Towards a new historical context for the understanding of cultural policy, or, the common enterprise of French Surrealist André Breton and Swedish Minister of Culture Ragnar Edenman

Abstract

In his thesis, he investigated the arts of existence developed in twentieth-century American, French, and Scandinavian poets. Currently, he is working on a project investigating the function of literature in the Swedish welfare state apparatus and the relationship between economics, technology, and aesthetics. He is also editor of the Swedish journal Subaltern and translator of works by, among others, Luce Irigaray, Pierre Klossowski, and Max Loreau.

From Dismantling the Class Society to Investing in Human Capital: The Rise and Fall of the Selective Student Finance System in Sweden 1939–1964

“…As the Minister for Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs stated at the time of the decision in 1964: "No other democratic country has come so far in the area of student finance as we have with this decision. " 112 In the words of a more modern assessment, the student finance system became "one of the most successful reforms in Swedish educational policy". 113 On the other hand, contrasting pictures show that, in the knowledge society, students have had to take over the state's costs for higher education.…”