Search for dissertations about: "Passions"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the word Passions.

2. 1. Towards Hilaritas : A Study of the Mind-Body Union, the Passions and the Mastery of the Passions in Descartes and Spinoza

   Author : Minna Koivuniemi; Lilli Alanen; Pierre-Francois Moreau; André Gombay; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Theoretical philosophy; Mind-Body Union; Passions; Mastery of the Passions; Spinoza; Descartes; Teoretisk filosofi; teoretisk filosofi; Theoretical Philosophy;

   Abstract : The study aims to explain the role of external causes in René Descartes’s (1594–1650) and Benedictus de Spinoza’s (1632–1677) accounts of the mastery of the passions. It consists in three parts: the mind-body union, the passions and their classification, and the mastery of the passions. READ MORE

4. 2. The power of character : Middle-class masculinities, 1800–1900

   Author : David Tjeder; Arne Jarrick; Yvonne Hirdman; Åsa Bergenheim; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Masculinity; masculinities; gender; power; middle class; passions; character; self-made man; sexuality; prostitution; homosocial; the male norm; George L. Mosse; advice manuals; autobiographies; alcohol; gambling; History; Historia; History; historia;

   Abstract : This is a study of continuity and change in middle-class conceptions of ideal manhood. My theoretical cues are the notions of the male as an unproblematised and genderless norm, masculinity as homosocial, and George L. Mosse’s use of countertypes. Notions of passions, youth, and character were important throughout the century. READ MORE

5. 3. “Lasciatemi morire” o farò “La Finta Pazza”: Embodying Vocal Nothingness on Stage in Italian and French 17th Century Operatic Laments and Mad Scenes

   Author : Elisabeth Belgrano; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; voice; singing; nothingness; je-ne-sais-quoi; 17th century opera; pure voice; lamentation; madness; passions; emotions; nightingale; transformation; ornamentation; observation; improvisation; interpretation; vocal expression; embodiment; creative process; performance; repetition; movement; inner images; artistic research;

   Abstract : This music research drama thesis explores and presents a singer’s artistic research process from the first meeting with a musical score until the first steps of the performance on stage. The aim has been to define and formulate an understanding in sound as well as in words around the concept of pure voice in relation to the performance of 17th century vocal music from a 21st century singer’s practice-based perspective with reference to theories on nothingness, the role of the 17th century female singer, ornamentation (over-vocalization) and the singing of the nightingale. READ MORE

6. 4. Music, mind and the serious Zappa : the passions of a virtual listener

   Author : Ulrik Volgsten; Alf Björnberg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; affect; attunement; categorization; cognition; Daniel Stern; Donald Davidson; Eleanor Rosch; emotions; mood; ideology; imagination; metaphor; sympathy; Zappa; multimodal analysis; Musicology; musikvetenskap;

   Abstract : This dissertation argues that music is always ideological. For this thesis two lines of argument are given. The first states that music is always ideological because it requires verbal discourses about itself. The second line of argument states that music is always ideological because it influences the listener affectively. READ MORE

7. 5. Spinoza on Ethical Cultivation : An Analysis of Vulnerability, Empowerment, and Early Modern Cultura Animi

   Author : Kasper Kristensen; Sharon Rider; Pauliina Remes; Justin Steinberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Benedict Spinoza; early modern philosophy; ethics; philosophical method; knowledge; cultura animi; spiritual exercises; virtue ethics; value theory; emotions; affects; moral motivation; Philosophy; with specialization in history of philosophy; Filosofi med filosofihistorisk inriktning;

   Abstract : This dissertation concerns Benedict Spinoza’s (1632–1677) account of ethical life, emphasising the role of techniques and exercises for achieving greater power to control one’s thoughts, emotions, and actions. The study aims to show that Spinoza offers a much more coherent and ambitious ethical theory than what is commonly acknowledged, involving both theoretical and practical considerations. READ MORE