Search for dissertations about: "Intellectual discourse"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 24 swedish dissertations containing the words Intellectual discourse.

2. 16. The Government Used to Hide the Truth, But Now We Can Speak : Contemporary Esotericism in Ukraine 1986–2014

   Author : Kateryna Zorya; Per Faxneld; Simon Sorgenfrei; Oleg Yarosh; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; esotericism; occultism; magic; Ukrainian history; Soviet history; transmission of esoteric ideas; intelligentsia; intellectuals; history of ideas.; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

   Abstract : The dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 26, 1991, marked the end of what has been called the most extensive sociological experiment in history. Newly formed post-Soviet states found themselves in a state of total anomie—a society-wide collapse of social norms. READ MORE

4. 17. Engaging Advaita : Conceptualising liberating knowledge in the face of Western modernity

   Author : Pawel Odyniec; Ram-Prasad Chakravarthi; Heinz Werner Wessler; Christiane Schaefer; Stephen Phillips; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Indology; modern Indian philosophy; Advaita Vedānta; brahmajñāna; liberating knowledge; Badrīnāth Śukla; Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya; Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan; History of Ideas; Idéhistoria; Indology with Classical Sanscrit;

   Abstract : This dissertation is a study of modern Indian philosophy. It examines three engaging articulations of the Advaitic notion of liberating knowledge or brahmajñāna provided by three prominent Indian philosophers of the twentieth century, namely, Badrīnāth Śukla (1898-1988), Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya (1875-1949), and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975). READ MORE

5. 18. Artificial Earth : On the Genealogy of Planetary Technicity

   Author : Daniel Andersson; Jonas Anshelm; Johan Hedrén; Alf Hornborg; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

   Abstract : As technology transforms the conditions by which we come understand and interact with the world around us, it is relevant to ask questions about the historicalontological aspects of these patterns of change. The widespread adoption of the term “Anthropocene” during the last twenty years indicates the wide acceptance of the view that human activities have become such a powerful driving force for global environmental change that our destructive legacy will be recorded in geological history. READ MORE

6. 19. Andreas Norrelius' Latin translation of Johan Kemper's Hebrew commentary on Matthew edited with introduction and philological commentary

   Author : Josef Eskhult; Hans Helander; Toon Van Houdt; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Johan Kemper; Andreas Norrelius; Neo-Latin; scholarly prose; synchronic approach; Neo-Latin usage; Neo-Latin style; Neo-Latin vocabulary; Christian Hebraists; philosemitism; translation technique; ecclesiastical Latin; Latin translations of the Bible; Latin language; Latin; Latin; Latin;

   Abstract : This thesis contains an edition of the Swedish Hebraist Andreas Norrelius’ (1679-1749) Latin translation, Illuminatio oculorum (1749), of the converted rabbi Johan Kemper’s (1670-1716) Hebrew commentary on Matthew, Me’irat ‘Enayim (1703). The dissertation is divided into three parts. READ MORE

7. 20. Religion as a lifeworld : an alternative to secularist concept of religion in social work

   Author : Magnus Weber; Carin Björngren Cuadra; Marcus Herz; William Cavanaugh; Malmö universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Violent extremism; lifeworld; social work; religion;

   Abstract : The discourse on religious extremism and jihadism has stimulated deep interest in religion as a factor in social problems. So have other religion-related issues such as honour-related violence, migration and integration, and female circumcision. READ MORE