Search for dissertations about: "Torsten Pettersson"
Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words Torsten Pettersson.
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1. What’s in a Line? : Making Sovereignty through Border Policy
Abstract : The role of borders as dividers between states and markers of territorial sovereignty is central to modern statehood. Whereas the voluntary opening of a state border could therefore appear puzzling, this thesis argues that state sovereignty can be manifested either when states allow borders to become more open or more closed. READ MORE
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2. In Memory of Narcissus : Aspects of the Late-Modern Subject in the Narcissus Theme 1890-1930
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3. The Narcissus Theme from Fin de Siècle to Psychoanalysis : Crisis of the Modern Self
Abstract : This dissertation is an intertextual-thematological investigation of the Narcissus theme at the turn of the century 1900. It focuses primarily on French-, German-, and English-language decadent and Symbolist literature from the 1890s and early 1900s, as well as on early sexology and psychoanalysis. READ MORE
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4. Interpretive Skepticism : Stanley Cavell, New Criticism, and Literary Interpretation
Abstract : This dissertation explores and analyzes interpretive skepticism in literary theory. It argues that traditional interpretive theories and debates often harbor unacknowledged forms of skeptical thinking and arguments. As these forms of skepticism are seldom recognized as skepticism, the problem tends to remain hidden and unresolved. READ MORE