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11. The Good, the Bad, and the Dead : An Essay on Well-Being and Death
Abstract : This book examines some central arguments in the debate about the value of death. The first main chapter, Chapter 2, begins with an introduction to the debate and a clarification of Epicureanism, i.e. the view that it is not bad to die. READ MORE
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12. Mortal Beings : On the Metaphysics and Value of Death
Abstract : This book is a contribution to the debate of the metaphysics and value of death.The metaphysical problems of death are closely connected with the debate of personal identity. In Chapter Two, I defend the view that human persons are human organisms. READ MORE
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13. Life after death : The diffusion of Swedish life insurance - Dynamics of financial and social modernization 1830-1950
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to understand the diffusion process of Swedish life insurance during the period c. 1830-1950, with the specific aim to understand financial modernization and social mobilization as reflected in the diffusion of life insurance to less well-to-do classes and women. READ MORE
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14. Loyal until death (?) : The nature, measurement and predictors of loyalty in a military context
Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to broaden the understanding of the concept of loyalty within a military context, by focusing on how the nature of loyalty is experienced, how it can be measured and how it can be predicted. To achieve this, the thesis was structured in three interrelated studies, which initially aimed to examine the content of loyalty within the Swedish Armed Forces (SAF), then to develop and validate a scale to measure loyalty, and finally to examine possible predictors of loyalty. READ MORE
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15. Between Death and Resurrection : Dostoevsky's Notes from the House of the Dead on the Eve of the Peasant Emancipation
Abstract : This dissertation is a study of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Notes from the House of the Dead (1860–1862), a semi-documentary rendition of life in a Siberian prison of the 1850s. The work is read against the background of the pivotal historical event coinciding with its writing and publication: the peasant emancipation of 1861. READ MORE