Search for dissertations about: "marxism"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the word marxism.

2. 6. Ideology, Rationality, and Revolution : An Essay on the Persistence of Oppression

   Author : Nicolas Olsson-Yaouzis; Gustaf Arrhenius; Torbjörn Tännsjö; Geoffrey Brennan; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Oppression; ideology; revolution; rational choice theory; analytical Marxism; functional explanations; Gerald Cohen; Gordon Tullock; praktisk filosofi; Practical Philosophy;

   Abstract : This essay is concerned with two explanations of why oppressive social orders persist. According to the first, the so-called gunman theory of oppression (GT), these social orders persist because the oppressed are afraid being punished if they participated in a revolt. READ MORE

4. 7. An essay on the theory of history in Swedish archeology

   Author : Björn Magnusson Staaf; Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens historia; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; concept of evolution archeology marxism liberalism conservatism;

   Abstract : See licentiate thesis.... READ MORE

5. 8. Ideology and Symbolism in the Novels of Cormac McCarthy

   Author : Fredrik Svensson; Magnus Ullén; Maria Holmgren Troy; Nicholas Monk; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cormac McCarthy; Pierre Macherey; Marxism; ideology; affordances; symbolism; ecocriticism; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : This study homes in on the ideological significance of American author Cormac McCarthy’s literary symbolism. Focusing in particular on the author’s tendency to merge hu­manity and the environment by way of metaphor, simile, and personifica­tion, the study demonstrates how the ethical and political import of this aesthetic is open to dispute. READ MORE

6. 9. 'When Women Unite!' : The Making of the Anti-Liquor Movement in Andhra Pradesh, India

   Author : Marie Larsson; Gudrun Dahl; Shalini Randeria; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social movements; anthropology; gender; alcohol problems; India; Social anthropology; Socialantropologi;

   Abstract : In 1991, women from Dubagunta, Nellore District in the state of Andhra Pradesh forced the liquor traders to leave the area. This incident is believed to have been the origin of the Anti-Liquor Movement, which finally led to alcoholic beverages being prohibited in the state. READ MORE

7. 10. Capital Visions : The Politics of Transnational Production in Nicaragua

   Author : Sofie Tornhill; Maud Eduards; Göran Bergström; Peo Hansen; Diana Mulinari; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Transnational production; Nicaragua; nation-making; neoliberalism; left politics; Free Trade Zones; labor relations; gender; postcolonial feminism; discourse theory; Political Science.; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : In processes of economic integration, neoliberal discourse and corresponding notions of development comprise some of the most readily available imaginaries of political and social interaction and change. However, these processes are always also locally produced and negotiated. READ MORE