Search for dissertations about: "continental philosophy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words continental philosophy.

2. 1. Uncontainable Life : A Biophilosophy of Bioart

   Author : Marietta Radomska; Jami Weinstein; Nina Lykke; Patricia MacCormack; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Bioart; uncontainable life; the non living; death; continental philosophy; feminist theory; Deleuze and Guattari studies; posthumanist feminism; critical life studies; animal studies; gender; bioscience; biotechnology; matter; assemblage; affect; human nonhuman relations.; Biokonst; otyglat liv; the non living; död; kontinental filosofi; feministisk teori; studier av Deleuze och Guattari; posthumanistisk feminism; kritiska livsstudier; djurstudier; genus; biovetenskap; bioteknologi; materia; assemblage; affekt; mänskliga icke-mänskliga relationer;

   Abstract : Uncontainable Life: A Biophilosophy of Bioart investigates the ways in which thinking through the contemporary hybrid artistico-scientific practices of bioart is a biophilosophical practice, one that contributes to a more nuanced understanding of life than we encounter in mainstream academic discourse. When examined from a Deleuzian feminist perspective and in dialogue with contemporary bioscience, bioartistic projects reveal the inadequacy of asking about life’s essence. READ MORE

4. 2. Speaking Other Times : Hannah Arendt and the Temporality of Politics

   Author : Frida Buhre; Ann Öhrberg; Patrik Mehrens; Peg Birmingham; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Rhetorical Theory; Hannah Arendt; Temporality; Political Imaginaries; Continental Philosophy; Rhetoric; Retorik; Filosofi; Philosophy;

   Abstract : Political rhetoric frequently utilizes imaginaries of time. Ideas of an eternally sanctioned principle, a historical tradition, a future to come, or a radical change in the present are all part of the temporal toolkit of political rhetoric. READ MORE

5. 3. Spectral Inheritance : Unlearning the Maturity-trope

   Author : Ruben Hordijk; Madina Tlostanova; Edyta Just; Sophie Withaeckx; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Spectral inheritance; Developmental man; Vulnerability; Childhood; Family abolition; Unlearning; Hauntology; Sociogeny; Genealogy; Figurations; Feminist theory; Decoloniality; Continental philosophy; Spektralt arv; Utvecklingsmänniska; Sårbarhet; Avlärning; Hemsökologi; Sociogenes; Genealogi; Figurationer; Feministisk teori; Dekolonialitet; Kontinental filosofi;

   Abstract : Drawing on continental and decolonial feminist philosophy, Spectral Inheritance: Unlearning the Maturity-trope addresses the centrality of the notions of “maturity” and “development” in discussions of human subjectivity, temporality and ethics. Building on Sylvia Wynter’s framework, the dissertation proposes to read the Euromodern genres of Man in developmental terms. READ MORE

6. 4. Incalculable Community

   Author : Jonna Pettersson; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Community; Sameness; Citizenship; Democracy; Space; Continental philosophy;

   Abstract : This thesis argues that the Western thinking of political community has assumed the community to require a unity or unifying principle that serves as delineation. It suggests that sameness, reflected in history, space, language, or reason, has been assumed as the condition of possibility of the political community. READ MORE

7. 5. Two Quests for Unity : John Dewey, R. G. Collingwood, and the Persistence of Idealism

   Author : Bruno Hamnell; Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoria; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; John Dewey; R. G. Collingwood; Idealism; Pragmatism; Liberalism; Unity; Experience; Practical Knowledge; Intellectual History; History of Philosophy; Anglo-America;

   Abstract : After having dominated philosophical thought in Britain and the United States during the end of the nineteenth century, idealism was in steady decline by the outbreak of World War I. Its ideas and ideals seemed unsuited to face the transition from Victorianism to modernism and the rapid social changes of the post-war era. READ MORE