Surveys have shown that Nordic countries have strong democracies and economies and are among the happiest and most prosperous countries in the world. The Danish philosopher Lene Rachel Andersen has written the book The Nordic Secret. Here she explores how Scandinavia went from feudal agricultural societies to where they are today. Central is the concept “Nordic bildung”, which is a unique approach to education and pedagogy that simultaneously cultivates personal knowledge and growth with understanding of one’s responsibility in relation to others and the broader society.
In this Co-op Conversation, Lene Rachel Andersen will introduce the Nordic Secret and Nordic bildung, the similarities between co-operative values and principles with the concept of Nordic bildung, and what can Canada and the co-operative sector learn from this concept.
About our Speaker
Lene Rachel Andersen is a full member of the Club of Rome, she is an economist, futurist, and author, and she runs the Copenhagen based think tank Nordic Bildung. Among her books are: The Nordic Secret (2017), Bildung: Keep growing (2020), What is Bildung? (2021), Libertism (2022), and Polymodernity: Meaning and Hope in a Complex World (2023).
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