Search for dissertations about: "Thomas Hobbes"
Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Thomas Hobbes.
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1. The Sublime : Precursors and British Eighteenth-Century Conceptions
Abstract : This dissertation studies the attraction of the sublime in British criticism during the eighteenth century, with particular emphasis on the arguments that served as precursors to the interest in the experience of the sublime. The first part explores Samuel H. READ MORE
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2. The Critical God : Revisiting Reinhold Niebuhr's existential turn in the realist tradition
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3. The Present People
Abstract : In modern political thought, one of the most recalcitrant, and increasingly pressing, questions of modern democracy is whether, and in what sense, the people can be present. While the presence of the people has, and continues to be, the sine qua non of the democratic form of government, it has also been for a long time held that the people cannot be present literally or in fact. READ MORE
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4. Universal Burdens : Stories of (Un)Freedom from the Unitarian Universalist Association, The MOVE Organization, and Taqwacore
Abstract : Zen Buddhists have long given the following advice to attain liberation: “Eat when you’re hungry. Sleep when you’re tired.” In other words: “Freedom” is the “knowledge of necessity” (Hegel, Marx, and Engels). READ MORE
