Search for dissertations about: "anthropology of religion"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 48 swedish dissertations containing the words anthropology of religion.
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21. Worse than Complex
Abstract : This thesis engages with questions on the boundary between what has traditionally been understood as social and natural. The introductory essay contextualizes the specific contributions of the included papers, by noting and exploring a reinvigoration of "naturalism" (the notion of a continuity between the human realm and the rest of natural phenomena) under the banner of Complexity Science. READ MORE
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22. Conflicts and Contracts : Chinese Intergenerational Relations in Modern Singapore
Abstract : The main purpose of this thesis is to examine the impact of social change on Chinese intergenerational relations in contemporary Singapore. Within only three decades, Singapore has turned into a wealthy and sophisticated metropolis with a highly educated labor force. READ MORE
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23. Western esoterism : Ultimate Sacred Postulates and Ritual Fields
Abstract : The greater part of Western Esoterism holds beliefs in five important matrices. This branch of esoterism, rooted in a Hermetic milieu, is labelled dialectical esoterism because of the dialectical relationship between the ‘lower’ (man, earth) and the ‘higher’ (heaven, the divine, God). READ MORE
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24. Early Christian Determinism : A Study of The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate
Abstract : The aim of this study is to explore the ethics of the Nag Hammadi text, The Tripartite Tractate. This text, the fifth tractate in Nag Hammadi Codex I, has received comparatively little attention, although it is the most detailed Valentinian treaty still extant. READ MORE
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25. The Mathematician as Mathematics : Theories of Computation in Light of Wittgenstein's Thought
Abstract : Theories of computation are considered in light of Wittgenstein's thought. The dissertation is divided into three parts.The first part presents the philosophical approach taken in the dissertation. The approach takes Wittgenstein's philosophy, in particular as it has been understood by Rush Rhees, as a model. READ MORE