Search for dissertations about: "Occidentalism"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the word Occidentalism.

2. 1. Beyond Orientalism and Occidentalism : Identity constructions in Arab and Western news media

   Author : Mahitab Ezz El Din; Stig-Arne Nohrstedt; Leonor Camauër; Åsa Kroon; Göran Eriksson; Peter Hervik; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Orientalism; Occidentalism; Arab; West; Othering; identity; media constructions; tolerance; multiculturalism; xenophobia; Peace Journalism; Global War on Terror; Media and Communication Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Journalistik; Medievetenskap och journalistik; Media and Communication Science;

   Abstract : This study examines how the media construct the identities of the Other by creating various ‘us’ versus ‘them’ positions (Othering) when covering non-violence-based intercultural conflicts in Arab and Western news media. Othering in this study is understood as an umbrella concept that in general terms refers to the discursive process of constructing and positioning the Self and the Other into separate identities of an ‘us’ and a ‘them. READ MORE

4. 2. Renewal and Heritage : The Quest for Authenticity in Hasan Hanafi's Islamic Ideology

   Author : Susanne Olsson; David Westerlund; Eva Evers Rosander; Leif Stenberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Islamologi; authenticity; continuity; Establishment Islam; globalisation; heritage; Islamism; Occidentalism; renewal; sacred authority; asalah; ijtihad; tawhid; turath; Islamologi; Islamology; Islamologi; History Of Religions; religionshistoria;

   Abstract : This study presents and analyses a contemporary interpretation of Islam by the Egyptian thinker Hasan Hanafi. His ideas are analysed in a perspective of the history of ideas where both Islamic and Western influences are taken into consideration. READ MORE