Search for dissertations about: "Alexandra Segerberg"
Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words Alexandra Segerberg.
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1. Thinking Doing : The Politicisation of Thoughtless Action
Abstract : Scholarly disputes about the concept of political action commonly centre on what can be regarded as political. By contrast, Hannah Arendt suggests that the concept of action itself is an equally significant component and consequently bids us to ‘think what we are doing’. READ MORE
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2. Art of the Possible? : Feasibility and Compliance in Ideal and Nonideal Theory
Abstract : In the past decade, the value of so-called ideal theory has become a major point of dispute among political theorists. While critics of ideal theory accuse this approach of “idle utopianism”, its advocates fault the critics for conceding to “cynical realism”.This dissertation examines two charges against ideal theory. READ MORE
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3. From Antagonism to Alienation : Redirecting Radical Democracy
Abstract : How can democratic theory address contemporary problems of alienation? Today, alienation manifests itself primarily in processes of precarization and deprofessionalization. When the subject’s work security or professional autonomy is undermined, her relations – not only to others, but also to herself – can become inhibited. READ MORE
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4. The Rise of Online Counterpublics? : The Limits of Inclusion in a Digital Age
Abstract : This thesis explores how online platforms mediate the reproduction of privilege, by employing the concept of counterpublics. The term, which has been central to the feminist critique of mainstream public sphere theory, denotes the alternative publics that emerge in response to various exclusions by dominant publics with the goal of targeting and influencing the same. READ MORE
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5. The Case for Causal Individualism in Social Science
Abstract : Social science has, from its very beginnings, been characterized by debates over the true nature of society and about how to best understand and explain it. At the heart of these discussions lies the question of the causal structure of the social world. READ MORE
