Stefan Detrez’s Reviews > Swedish Mentality > Status Update

Analysis of Swedish 'shyness,' conflict avoidance, individualism and the taboo on showing aggression. A link is made between the promotion of independence in young children and later attachment issues.

This book of 1989 explains many social phenomena like high divorce rates, depression and suicides, but also (and indirectly) the emergence of no-go-zones and the high levels of criminality the Sweden of 2022 faces.