Search for dissertations about: "William James"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words William James.

  2. 1. New methods and applications to explore the dynamics of least-cost technologies in geospatial electrification modelling

    Author : Andreas Sahlberg; Francesco Fuso Nerini; William Usher; Mark Howells; James Morrissey; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Energiteknik; Energy Technology;

    Abstract : Access to modern energy services is a pre-requisite for sustainable development. As such, Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 aims to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. However, as of 2021, 675 million people lack access to electricity, and 2.3 billion people lack access to clean cooking fuels. READ MORE

  4. 2. The art of love : A study of Dag Hammarskjöld's mystical theology

    Author : Andrew Thomas Kania; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Dag Hammarskjöld; Mystical Theology; Meister Eckhart; Juan de la Cruz; Friedrich Schiller; Thomas Aquinas; Gustaf Aulén Nathan Söderblom; William James; Thomas à Kempis; Brian Urquhart; Van Dusen; Goethe; Dante; Hägerström; Maritain; Gerson; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap; Studies In Faiths and Ideologies;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the roots of Hammarskjöld's interest in Mystical Theology bytracing both Vägmärken and the Public Papers of the Secretaries-General (1953-1961)back to the original text material found in Hammarskjöld's private libraries, at theKungliga Biblioteket in Stockholm, and at his Cottage in Backåkra, Skåne. The first partof the thesis seeks to illustrate the principle concepts of Mystical Theology by recourseto the Mystical theologian Jean Gerson, and those writers on Mystical Theology whowere available to Hammarskjöld during his formative years. READ MORE

  5. 3. Faces of Thoreau in American Literature

    Author : Steven Hartman; Ronald Bosco; State University of New York University at Albany Department of English; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862 ; Jerome Lawrence 1915-2004 ; Robert E. Lee 1918 -1994 ; Edward Abbey 1927–1989 ; Hayden Carruth 1921–2008 ; Walden; Civil Disobedience; cultural reception; cultural appropriation; literary reenactment; literary activism; intertextuality; iconography; canonization; American literature; reception theory; reader response; nature writing; political writing; literature of protest; cultural critique; biography; hagiography; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Amos Bronson Alcott; William Ellery Channing; James Russell Lowell; Robert Louis Stevenson; Mohandas Gandhi; Henry Salt; English language; Engelska språket; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; English; engelska; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

    Abstract : Doctoral dissertation supervised by Professor Ronald A. Bosco (co-supervised by Professor Judith Johnson and Professor Judith Fetterley), Department of English, University at Albany, State University of New York. READ MORE

  6. 4. Appropriating King Arthur : The Arthurian legend in English drama and entertainments 1485-1625

    Author : Elisabeth Michelsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; engelska;

    Abstract : This study attempts to show that, despite the scepticism as to the historicity of Arthur and the criticism of the genre of chivalric romance that arose during the English Renaissance, Arthurian motifs in drama and entertainments performed for the royal house remained highly relevant at this time. It is argued in this thesis that the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were not a kind of Arthurian 'Dark Ages. READ MORE