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  1. 1. Critique of Exaggeration : Thinking Beyond

    Author : Ervik Cejvan; Tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; critique; exaggeration; thinking beyond; Artaud; Bataille; Derrida; Descartes; Plato; creation of concepts; transgression; extravagance; excess; critique; exaggeration; thinking beyond; Artaud; Bataille; Derrida; Descartes; Plato; creation of concepts; transgression; extravagance; excess;

    Abstract : This study examines the function of exaggeration for thinking beyond the current concepts of God and the human. An example of thinking beyond in philosophy is the exaggeration “beyond being” in Plato’s Republic. In the philosophy of religion, generally, we deal with the questions of God. READ MORE

  2. 2. Philosophy, Literature and the Inheritance of Language

    Author : Niklas Forsberg; Sören Stenlund; Sharon Rider; Mats Rosengren; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Theoretical philosophy; Derrida; literature; philosophy; deconstruction; grammatology; structuralism; phenomenology; language; meaning; Teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi; teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy;

    Abstract : This dissertation investigates the extent to which philosophical assumptions are inherited when we learn language. The topic is approached through an investigation into the importance of literature in Jacques Derrida’s philosophy. READ MORE

  3. 3. Justice and Politics : On the Depoliticization of Justice Claims in the Work of Truth Commissions

    Author : Alexandra Lebedeva; Helen Andersson; Elena Namli; Jaana Hallamaa; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Arendt; Derrida; depoliticization; Foucault; human rights; justice; Morocco’s Equity and Reconciliation Commission; restorative justice; Ricœur; testimony; transitional justice; truth; truth commissions; Etik; Ethics;

    Abstract : Truth commissions have become a widespread and normalized institutions for addressing past human rights violations. One of the central ideas behind the concept of truth commissions is that it is necessary to establish the truth about the past and allow victims to speak publicly about the violations to which they have been exposed. READ MORE

  4. 4. The Archive Art Phenomenon : History and Critique at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century

    Author : Sara Callahan; Anna Dahlgren; Dan Karlholm; Anna Orrghen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; archival art; archival turn; archive art; contemporary art; critical paradigm; the Institutional Theory of Art; Institutional Critique; parafiction; postcritique; presentism; travelling concepts; The Atlas Group; Arthur Danto; Jacques Derrida; Michel Foucault; Joachim Koester; Zoe Leonard; Michael Maranda; Walid Raad; Raqs Media Collective; Ed Ruscha; Fred Wilson; konstvetenskap; Art History;

    Abstract : This dissertation investigates the relationship between art and archive at the turn of the twenty-first century. The object of study is the phenomenon of archive art, understood as a combination of theories of the archive, artworks, and different kinds of texts (catalogues, scholarly articles, critical essays, etc. READ MORE

  5. 5. Mobile Performances : A Philosophical Account of Linguistic Undecidability as Possibility and Problem in the Theology of Religion

    Author : Patrik Fridlund; Tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; O?Leary; Netland; Knitter; Derrida; Theology of religion; Religious diversity; Philosophy of language; Linguistic Mobility Stability; Evaluation of religions; Interreligious relations; Ric?ur; Religious Studies and Theology; Religion och teologi;

    Abstract : How to judge religions other than one's own when the means are lacking due to linguistic mobility? In the present thesis this question is mainly analysed in a Christian setting through a reading of the theologians Paul Knitter and Harold Netland. It is, however, claimed that the same question could be asked in other religious settings, also with regard to one's own tradition, and could be treated as a general question?how to judge, evaluate, and criticise religion if the means to do that are lacking? The thesis starts by maintaining that the question of linguistic mobility/stability is an issue in theology. READ MORE