Search for dissertations about: "civilization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 55 swedish dissertations containing the word civilization.

  2. 1. Our Fury is Burning : From Local Practice to Global Connections in the Dalit Movement

    Author : Eva-Maria Hardtmann; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Identity Psychology ; Group identity; Civilization; Dalits; Kastväsen Indien; Proteströrelser Indien; Proteströrelser Storbritannien; Kulturell identitet; Daliter Identity Psychology ; Group identity ; Civilization; Dalits; ; socialantropologi; Social Anthropology;

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  4. 2. Shame and guilt : Sociology as a poietic system

    Author : Vessela Misheva; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; shame; guilt; poietic and autopoietic systems; social selves; language; sociology; society; community; civilization; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : This dissertation had a clear and simple task: to define what shame is. This necessarily entailed clarifying the distinction between shame and its main modem counterpart, guilt. READ MORE

  5. 3. A combined carbon and hydrogen isotope approach to reconstruct the SE Asian paleomonsoon : Impacts on the Angkor Civilization and links to paleolimnology

    Author : Kweku Kyei Afrifa Yamoah; Rienk Smittenberg; Sarah Feakins; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Holocene; summer monsoon; biomarkers; hydrogen isotopes; lake sediment; peat; Thailand; geokemi; Geochemistry;

    Abstract : Changes in monsoon patterns not only affect ecosystems and societies but also the global climate system in terms of heat energy and humidity transfer from the equator to higher latitudes. However, understanding the mechanisms that drive monsoon variability on longer timescales remains a challenge, partly due to sparse paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic data. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Forgotten : an Approach on Harappan Toy Artefacts

    Author : Elke Rogersdotter; Thomas B Larsson; P Ajithprasad; Karin Viklund; Per Cornell; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; South Asia; Indus Civilization; toys; children; social theory; microarchaeology; change-continuity; Archaeology; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : This thesis proposes an alternative perspective to the general neglect of toy materials from deeper analysis in archaeology. Based on a study of selected toy artefacts from the Classical Harappan settlement at Bagasra, Gujarat, it suggests a viable way of approaching the objects when considering them within a theoretical framework highlighting their social aspects. READ MORE

  7. 5. The United Nations Reformed : Responsibility, Protection and the Standing of States

    Author : Peter Håkansson; Ronnie Hjorth; Per Jansson; Johan Eriksson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; The United Nations; the responsibility to protect; protection of civilians; pluralism; anti-pluralism; standard of civilization; human rights; democracy; Förenta Nationerna; skyldighet att skydda; skydd av civila; pluralism; anti-pluralism; civilisationsstandard; mänskliga rättigheter; demokrati; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This study is about reform of the United Nations. The study does not address reform proposals that set out to change the organizational structure of the UN, but focuses on initiatives that affect the normative basis of the international society that the United Nations and the UN Charter enable and sustain. READ MORE