Search for dissertations about: "allegory"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the word allegory.

  2. 6. A Multiform Desire : A Study of Appetite in Plato’s Timaeus, Republic and Phaedrus

    Author : Olof Pettersson; Pauliina Remes; Catherine Rowett; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy; Ancient Philosophy; Plato; Appetite; Desire; Epithymia; Soul; Tripartition; Multiform; Poikilos; Timaeus; Republic; Phaedrus; Embodiment; Incarnation; Necessity; Philosopher-kings; Allegory of the Cave; Noble Lie; Poetry; Multi-headed Beast; Game; Play; Rhetoric; Dialectic; Deception.; Theoretical Philosophy; Teoretisk filosofi;

    Abstract : This dissertation is a study of appetite in Plato’s Timaeus, Republic and Phaedrus. In recent research is it often suggested that Plato considers appetite (i) to pertain to the essential needs of the body, (ii) to relate to a distinct set of objects, e.g. food or drink, and (iii) to cause behaviour aiming at sensory pleasure. READ MORE

  4. 7. Relations in Dependent Type Theory

    Author : Carlos Gonzalía; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; formalized mathematics; relational systems; category theory; programming logics; constructive type theory; logical frameworks; relational database model;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates how to express and reason about relational concepts and methods inside the constructive logical framework of Martin-Löf's monomorphic type theory. We cover several areas where the notion of relation is central, and show how to formalize the basic concepts of each area. READ MORE

  5. 8. The Ephemeral City : Songs for the Ghost Quarters

    Author : Katt Hernandez; Lärare (Musikhögskolan); []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; psychogeography; sound art; electroacoustic music; urban activism; violin; transposition; Stockholm; music; organ; synthesizers; improvised music; urban studies; sound installation; musik; violin; fiol; orgel; impromusik; improvisation; electroakusitsk musik; psykogeografi; urbana studier; stadsgestaltning; urbana aktivism; ljudkonst; ljud installationer; synthesizer; transponering; Stockholm;

    Abstract : The towers of the Stockholm skyline twine with radio transmissions, flying out over the city, drifting down through the streets and sinking into the underground telephone system below. Stockholm has buildings that have been there for centuries, but is also full of modern and contemporary architectures, all jostling for their place in parallel collective memory. READ MORE

  6. 9. Eustathios of Thessalonike: Parekbolai on Homer’s Odyssey 1–2 : Proekdosis

    Author : Eric Cullhed; Ingela Nilsson; Filippomaria Pontani; Emmanuel Bourbouhakis; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Eustathios of Thessalonike; Parekbolai; Homer; The Odyssey; Komnenian literature; authorship; rhetoric; hermeneutics; ideology; codicology; textual criticism; Greek; Grekiska;

    Abstract : This thesis provides a critical edition of the Parekbolai (“Excerpts”) on the first two rhapsodies of Homer’s Odyssey produced by Eustathios (c. 1115–95), teacher and celebrated orator in Constantinople under the reign of Manuel I Komnenos and later archbishop of Thessalonike, the second city of the Byzantine empire. READ MORE

  7. 10. Rethinking the Jewish-Comics Connection

    Author : Martin Lund; Jonas Otterbeck; Johan Åberg; Beth Wenger; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Jewish studies; American Judaism; comics; whiteness; identity formation; Religionsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Popular Abstract in English The publication of Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer-prize winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (2000) brought the Jewish–comics connection to popular attention. The novel illuminated the fact that many of the pioneers of American mainstream comics were Jewish. READ MORE