Search for dissertations about: "charisma"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the word charisma.

2. 1. The Buddhist World Emperor's Mission : Millenarian Buddhism in Postcolonial Burma

   Author : Niklas Foxeus; Per-Arne Berglie; Erik af Edholm; Guillaume Rozenberg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Buddhism; millenarianism; weizzā weikza ; esotericism; supernatural powers; identity; politics; Burma; Theravāda Buddhism; cakkavattin; authority; legitimacy; charisma; History of religion; Religionshistoria; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

   Abstract : In early postcolonial Burma, a number of so-called royal esoteric associations with a millenarian and eschatological orientation, and founded by persons believed to be the world emperor, emerged in response to political turmoil, nation-building projects, modernization, and after-effects of colonialism. These Theravāda Buddhist esoteric congregations, revivalist and innovative at the same time, were indicative of a general crisis of authority and identity. READ MORE

4. 2. Performing Perfectly : Presentations of Childhood in Knutby Filadelfia Before and After the Dissolution of the Congregation

   Author : Sanja Nilsson; Eileen Barker; Liselotte Frisk; Henrik Bogdan; Högskolan Dalarna; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Childhood; Knutby Filadelfia; High-Demand New Religious Communes; Charisma; Presentations; Stigma; Total Institution; Intercultural Studies; Interkulturella studier; Childhood; Knutby Filadelfia; High-Demand New Religious Commune; Total Institution; Stigma; Charisma; Presentations;

   Abstract : The Knutby Filadelfia Congregation, founded in 1921, started out as a Pentecostal congregation. It has, however, been considered a deviant and semi-isolated new religious movement ever since it became known to the public after a murder took place within its community in 2004. READ MORE

5. 3. Charismatic leadership of media businesses : a case study of leaders of two media businesses in the post-Soviet states of Russia and Kyrgyzstan (1991-2016)

   Author : Dinara Tokbaeva; United Kingdom London Communication and Media Research Institute University of Westminster; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : This is a comparative case study of two media business leaders, one from Russia and one from Kyrgyzstan. Alexei Kharitonov of the Abak-Press and Kylychbek Sultanov of the Computer Press both started media companies after the break-up of the Soviet Union and managed to grow them from small businesses into the present media holdings. READ MORE

6. 4. Technological Change in an International Industrial System

   Author : Leif Linnskog; Ulf Johanson; Peter Söderbaum; Hans Hasselbladh; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; technology; technological change; industrial networks; business relationships; strategic intention; power; negotiations; social capital; coalitions; structural inertness; Industrial organisation; administration and economics; Industriell organisation; administration och ekonomi; Industriell ekonomi och organisation;

   Abstract : Industrial systems resist change, more often, because heavy production facilities and industrial constructions are expensive and have long economic lives, but also because people tend to defend ingrained conceptions of how things are and how activities ought to be performed. Starting out from the question: “How does technological change come about in an international, industrial system?” the thesis investigates the interplay between technological, social, and economic factors. READ MORE