Open AccessOlof Palme: One Life, Many Readings
Author(s) -
Monica Quirico
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
nordicum-mediterraneum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1670-6242
DOI - 10.33112/nm.6.1.5
Subject(s) - judgement , democracy , politics , biography , right wing , social democracy , sociology , history , aesthetics , literature , law , political science , philosophy , art
The analysis of Olof Palme’s politics and of his legacy in Swedish Social Democracy has been somewhat “frozen” due to two uncommon circumstances. Firstly, there has been his violent death, which makes it uneasy for commentators to express any detached judgement. Secondly, there has been a kind of sin of omission; that is to say, in looking at his figure, right-wing as well as left-wing politicians and intellectuals have recalled the man – whose biography is undoubtedly a success story – rather than discussing his contribution to national history and to the Social Democratic movement.