Sweden's Dark Soul: The Unravelling of a Utopia [Hardcover]

How has the poster child of cradle to grave welfare fared in recent decades, and what have the strains on Swedish society revealed about its true nature?Reporter Chang Frick grew up dark-haired in a nation of blonds. Ostracized as a child, in adulthood he set out to expose the hypocrisy of Swedish society. When he revealed the cover-up of mass sexual assaults on teen girls at a 2015 music festival, he provoked a chain reaction that rattled the nation. Sweden's elites shirked responsibility and rushed to discredit him.Although Sweden boasts the world's oldest free press, its history of homogeneity and social engineering has created a culture where few dare dissent from consensus, those who do are driven to extremes, and there is no place for outsiders--even those who conform.In this groundbreaking book, investigative journalist Kajsa Norman turns her fearless gaze on the oppressive forces at the heart of Sweden's 'model democracy'. Weaving the history of its social politics with the stories of Frick and other outcasts, Norman exposes the darkness in the Swedish soul.PrefacePART ONETHE CRIMEWednesday 12 August 2015Saturday 15 August 2015Sunday 16 August 2015Monday 17 August 2015PART TWOOUTCASTS AND THE RISE OF THE UNIMINDIn The Beginning There Was DarknessGo Back to Poland, Chang!The Fall of the Swedish EmpireSamvel AtabekyanSwedish ColonialismProfessed ValuesViking RevivalSoviet NostalgiaInflatable BarbaraThe Cradle of Collective MentalityThe Burden of FreedomShaping the VolkgeistChang's Silent VictoryThe Birth of the People's HomeChang's Safe HavenSamvel Discovers BergmanWeeding out the Dregs: Engineering Biological HomogeneityChang Visits His FatherEngineering Social HomogeneityBrother ArnoldConstructing Utopia: The Swedish ModelThe End of FearGarbo FeverSwedish NeutralityFucking OsbyThe Rise of the Moral SuperpowerMaking It HappenThe Swedish Model IISamvel Arrives in UtopiaAgents of the UnimindSmittenThe Murder of the ProphetSamvel and Swedish AngstSwedish Glasn