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About Rune Engelbreth Larsen

Rune Engelbreth Larsen (born 1967) is a Danish writer, historian of ideas and columnist at the daily newspaper Politiken.

A frequent participant in the public debate in Denmark since the mid-nineties speaking out against xenophobia, supression of minorities and the undermining of civil rights in general. Danish website: Humanisme.dk and blog: Engelbreth.

Former Editor of the periodical The Torch (Faklen: 1996-2001), former chairman of the Danish Movement for Basic Income (Borgerlønsbevægelsen: 2001-2002), and former chairman of The Minority Party (Minoritetspartiet: 2000-2005).

Co-editor of the website Faklen.dk (English online-version: The Torch) and nature photographer with hundreds of online-photos from Denmark: Danarige.dk.

National boardmember of European Network Against Racism (ENAR) since 2002, and European boardmember since 2007.

Rune Engelbreth Larsen has written or contributed to fiften books in Danish on political, cultural and historical topics, e.g. The Terrormyth and the American Empire (2003), Matrix and the Gospel of Disobedience (2004) and The Cartoon Crisis (2006).

His latest book, The Renaissance and the Roots of Humanism, was published in August 2006.

His next book is on religion and the history of tolerance in the Age of Enlightenment, and will be published in the spring 2009.

A recurring theme in many of the writings is the need of a new and genuine humanism for the twenty-first century, inspired by historical foundations in the Renaissance.

A humanism that denonuces socialism and liberalism alike and calls for a pluralistic view on modern society as well as an individualistic view on man as the basis of cross-cultural understanding and respect.

In various essays and comments on Panhumanism.com these views are elaborated in more philosophical and political detail.

Rune Engelbreth Larsen lives with his wife and three children in the city of Aarhus.