In 2020 Sweden's response to COVID-19 drew renewed attention to the
Nordic nation in a way that put the finger on a seeming paradox.
Long celebrated for its commitment to social solidarity, Sweden
suddenly emerged as the last country in the West to resist lockdown
while defending individual rights and responsibilities. To explain
these contradictions, Henrik Berggren and Lars Tragardh argue that
the long-standing view of Sweden's welfare state as the result of
socialist collectivism is flawed. While social values have been and
remain strong, they have co-existed with a radical form of
individualism. The English edition of the Swedish bestseller AEr
svensken manniska?, The Swedish Theory of Love examines a political
culture that stresses individual autonomy on the one hand and trust
in the state on the other. Delving into Swedish philosophy,
cultural studies, sociology, literary criticism, and political
science, the book moves beyond the perspective of rational social
engineering to uncover the moral logic behind Sweden's welfare
state: the notion that human relationships based on dependency and
subordination lead to inauthenticity and that equality and autonomy
are preconditions for genuine love and affection.
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