Search for dissertations about: "Taoism"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the word Taoism.

  2. 1. Spectral Jade : Materiality, Conceptualisation, and Value in the Myanmar-China Jadeite Trade

    Author : Henrik Möller; Sociologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; jade; china; Yunnan; Ruili; Myanmar; Kachin; borderland; Ethnicity; trade; Craft; markets; guanxi; masculinity; Materiality; ontology; Conceptual; nonhuman; Holism; analogism; Taoism; Nationalism; authenticity; Spirituality; Value; morality; ethnography; narratives;

    Abstract : Hosting a cultural history of 8.000 years in China, jade has seen a revival in China’s current era. Jadeite is the most expensive type of jade, and the vast majority of jadeite is mined in Myanmar’s Kachin State and sold in China.Spectral Jade is a study of trade, carving, and use of jadeite. READ MORE

  4. 2. Creating theatrical dreams : a Taoist approach to Molander's, Bergman's and Wilson's productions of Strindberg's A dream play

    Author : Hong Jai-Ung; Jaqueline Martin; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Theatre; Teatervetenskap; teatervetenskap; Theatre Studies;

    Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to explore the Tao of theater through the study of the productions of Strindberg’s A Dream Play on stage. For the purpose of understanding these dynamic relationships Taoism is used and especially I Ching, the essence of eastern philosophies. READ MORE

  5. 3. From ancient philosophies to TQM and modern management theories

    Author : Su Mi Park Dahlgaard; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : Initiated by world best seller books of Ezra Vogel's Japan as Number one in 1979, William Ouchi's Theory Z in 1980 and Pascale & Athos The Art of Japanese Management in 1981, a huge number of articles and books dealing with Japanese management have been published during the past twenty years. Same interest has been paid to Total Quality Management, when Western countries have found out that TQM was one of main drivers for the Japanese business success. READ MORE