Search for dissertations about: "Traditionalism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the word Traditionalism.

2. 1. Occultism and Traditionalism: Arturo Reghini and the Antimodern Reaction in Early Twentieth-Century Italy

   Author : Christian Giudice; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Occultism; Traditionalism; Religious Studies; Western esotericism;

   Abstract : The thesis will aim to analyse the interaction between occultism and different facets of modernity in early twentieth-century Italy, focusing on the figure of Arturo Reghini (1878-1946) as a case study. In his ´The Modernity of Occultism: Reflections on Some Crucial Aspects’, Marco Pasi convincingly evaluates the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (est. READ MORE

4. 2. Female employment, gender roles, and attitudes : The Baltic countries in a broader context

   Author : Akvilė Motiejūnaitė; Paavo Bergman; Sven EO Hort; Gillian Pascall; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; female employment; work; gender-role attitudes; family models; breadwinner; traditionalism; social change; cross-national comparisons; Estonia; Germany; Latvia; Lithuania; Russia; Sweden; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four constituent studies exploring several common themes: female participation in employment, normative assumptions regarding the proper roles of males and females, and social change. The underlying focus is gendered division of work, which is explored through the concept of family models. READ MORE

5. 3. Fragments from a mountain society : tradition, innovation and interaction at Archaic Monte Polizzo, Sicily

   Author : Christian Mühlenbock; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Monte Polizzo; Sicily; Colonization; Elymians; Archaic Age; Iconic order; Identity; Interaction; Pottery; Architecture; Human Practice; Post-colonial theory; Traditionalism; Wine; Feasting.;

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6. 4. Theologies Speak of Justice : A Study of Islamic and Christian Social Ethics

   Author : Teresa Callewaert; Elena Namli; Mattias Gardell; Ola Sigurdson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Islamic social ethics; Christian social ethics; comparative religious ethics; interpretative method; identity; authenticity; political theology; secularity; religious arguments; public discourse; justice; sociality; Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im; Duncan B. Forrester; Ali Shariati; Gustavo Gutierrez; Tariq Ramadan; John Milbank; Etik; Ethics;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to investigate how religious ethics, while retaining its identity, can contribute to political debate and to the understanding of justice. The inquiry addresses these issues by focusing on theological perspectives which challenge the solutions offered to these questions by the liberal paradigm. READ MORE

7. 5. Deciphering the Meaning of Revealed Law : The Sur´shian Paradigm in Shi’i Epistemology

   Author : Ashk Dahlén; Yann Richard; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Languages and linguistics; Islam; Shi’i; Iran; sharīʿat; fiqh; uṣūl al-fiqh; ikhtilāf; qabḍwa basṭ; Surūsh; Jawādī-Āmulī; Mujtahid-Shabistarī; Rūmī; epistemology; hermeneutics; history of philosophy and science; postmodernism; modernity; mysticism; relativism; interpretation; Språkvetenskap; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; Iranska språk; Iranian Languages;

   Abstract : This study analyses the major intellectual positions in the philosophical debate on Islamic law that is occuring in contemporary Iran. As the characteristic features of traditional epistemic considerations have a direct bearing on the modern development of Islamic legal thought, the contemporary positions are initially set against the established normative repertory of Islamic tradition. READ MORE