Search for dissertations about: "immanent critique"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words immanent critique.

2. 1. Normative Recursion : on Recursive Grounding and the Capacity for Radical Critique in Formal Pragmatics, Recognition, Social Freedom and Justification

   Author : Jakob Strandgaard; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Formal Pragmatics; Recognition; Social Freedom; Justification; Recursion; Normative Validity Surplus; Critique; Reconstruction; Normative Foundations; Jürgen Habermas; Axel Honneth; Rainer Forst;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the meta-ethical question: What properties would be required of a normative critical concept in order for it to be (a) derived from the social facticity of prevailing norms, practices and institutions in a given society and (b) still be capable of informing radical critique? This thesis takes radical critique to mean one that escapes all charges of status quo biases and thus truly transcends the immanent content of the norms, practices and institutions from which it was derived.This thesis asserts that the necessary property of such a concept is recursion. READ MORE

4. 2. The Beach Beneath the Road : Sustainable coastal development beyond governance and economics

   Author : Chad Boda; LUCSUS; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Beach Management; Barrier Island; Flagler; Florida; Sustainability Science; Immanent Critique;

   Abstract : That Florida is in the midst of an ecological crisis is a perspective increasingly shared by academy, government, private industry and civil society. Ideas about the causes of the state’s environmental problems and how best to address them, however, are not so well aligned. READ MORE

5. 3. The Governance of Global Climate Finance – The Management of Contradictions, Ambiguities and Conflicts in the Green Climate Fund

   Author : Jonas Bertilsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; global climate governance; climate finance; contradictions; conflicts; immanent critique; development; developing and developed countries;

   Abstract : Global climate governance struggles with many contentious issues, often made visible in the annual climate meetings arranged by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). When these issues are delegated to climate organizations within the UNFCCC system and operationalized into climate practices they are often translated. READ MORE

6. 4. Free software to open hardware: Critical theory on the frontiers of hacking

   Author : Johan Söderberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; hackers; constructivism; innovation; free software; critical theory; immanent critique; technology; lay expertise; open hardware;

   Abstract : Starting from the experiences of hackers developing free software and open hardware, this thesis addresses some key and recurrent themes in the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS). It poses the question: how are technologies conceptualised, constructed and used in ways that render some aspects of them transparent, while leaving others opaque? This question is complicated by the fact that what is visible and transparent to some will remain opaque to others, depending on the level of technical expertise commanded. READ MORE

7. 5. The Rhythm of Thinking: Immanence and Ethics in Theater Performance

   Author : Johan Petri; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; artistic research; co-composition; collective processes; compositional structure; dramaturgy; ethics; hierarchy in collective creation; immanent collective creation; instant collective composition; multiplicity; music theater; performance philosophy; performative critique; process ontology; process philosophy; relation of non-relation; theater; theater directing; theatrical composition; Rosi Braidotti; John Cage; Gilles Deleuze; Brian Massumi; Mathias Spahlinger;

   Abstract : The dissertation The Rhythm of Thinking: Immanence and Ethics in Theater Performance is an artistic research project in the field of theater, with directing and theatrical composition and dramaturgy as its main points of focus. The critical exploration is based on the experience of conceptualizing and directing three different theater performances. READ MORE