Search for dissertations about: "American philosophy"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 33 swedish dissertations containing the words American philosophy.

2. 11. Mutual implications: otherness in theory and John Berryman's poetry of loss

   Author : Elias Schwieler; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; absence; anasemia; commentary; death; departure; dialogue; figural; literal; literature; loss; mutual implications; nostalgia; origin; otherness; perspective; philosophy; poetry; presence; subversive; theory; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; engelska; English;

   Abstract : This thesis examines John Berryman’s poetry of loss together with four different theoretical perspectives. It is the purpose of the study to involve Berryman’s poetry and critical theory in a dialogue which attempts to break down the hierarchy that positions theory as the subject and literature or poetry as the object of study. READ MORE

4. 12. Rethinking the Jewish-Comics Connection

   Author : Martin Lund; Jonas Otterbeck; Johan Åberg; Beth Wenger; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Jewish studies; American Judaism; comics; whiteness; identity formation; Religionsvetenskap;

   Abstract : Popular Abstract in English The publication of Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer-prize winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (2000) brought the Jewish–comics connection to popular attention. The novel illuminated the fact that many of the pioneers of American mainstream comics were Jewish. READ MORE

5. 13. Religion and politics among the Chin people in Burma (1896-1949)

   Author : Lian H. Sakhong; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; American Baptist Foreign Mission Society; American Baptist Chin Mission; Buddhism - Burma; Chin; Chin Baptist Association; Christians - Burma Chin; ethnicity Chin; indigenous church; missionaries; na-tionalism and religion; politics and religion Burma Chin; religion and culture Chin; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

   Abstract : In many Asian countries today, there are potential conflicts between the majority religionand culture and ethnic minorities who practice another religion or religions. Problems areeasily aggravated if the government applies a confessional policy on religion, which favorsthe majority religion, while minority religions are marginalized or even suppressed. READ MORE

6. 14. American Medina: A Study of the Sunni Muslim Immigrant Communities in Chicago

   Author : Garbi Schmidt; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Non-Christian religions; institution; authority; globalization; migration; objectification; Chicago; Íslam; United States; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ;

   Abstract : Sunni Muslims have immigrated to and lived in Chicago for more than a hundred years. In her book Schmidt seeks, on basis of two periods of extended fieldwork, to provide a description of some activist strata of these religious communities. READ MORE

7. 15. Islamic Semiotic Resources in US Hip-Hop Culture

   Author : Anders Ackfeldt; Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; islam; hip-hop; social semiotik; afroamerikansk islam; religion;

   Abstract : This dissertation contributes to the field of Islamic Studies by analyzing how the production of Islam can be seen as the outcome of interactions between actors who define themselves as Muslims as well as those who do not. The argument of this dissertation is that Muslims as well as non-Muslims have used Islamic themes in their artistic productions throughout the history of African American music making, making this historical legacy essential to this musical tradition because parts of it are repeatedly evoked in lyrics, sounds, and imagery. READ MORE