Search for dissertations about: "polis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the word polis.

  2. 1. A city on a hill cannot be hidden: Function and symbolism of Ancient Greek akropoleis

    Author : Robin Rönnlund; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Antik historia; Klassisk arkeologi; akropolis; acropolis; citadel; hillfort; fortifications; polis; city state; Ancient Greece; archaeology; monumentality; Thessaly; Boeotia;

    Abstract : En akropolis (plur. akropoleis), en befäst kulle högt över en antik grekisk stad, utgör en av de mest välkända vyerna från antiken, men ingen har än studerat akropoleis systematiskt. READ MORE

  4. 2. Plato's Republic on Democracy : Freedom, Fear and Tyrants Everywhere

    Author : Oda E. Wiese Tvedt; Pauliina Remes; Hallvard Fossheim; Patricia Mindus; Josiah Ober; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Plato; Socrates; democratic theory; democratic philosophy; political phi-losophy; political theory; Ancient political theory; action theory; ration-ality; social choice theory; autonomy; epistemic vulnerabilities; akrasia; moral psychology; Ancient political institutions; Ancient social institu-tions; Athens; tyranny; oligarchy; democracy; simultaneous vote; Kal-lipolis; guardians; kings; kingship; decision-making; city; soul; polis; self-knowledge; judgement; freedom; power; fear; The Republic; oikos; private; public; History of Philosophy; demos; collectives; Philosophy; with specialization in history of philosophy; Filosofi med filosofihistorisk inriktning; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Abstract : This thesis poses the question ‘What is the critique of democracy in Plato’s Republic?’ It is not the first to do so. But contrary to standard readings, this thesis does not assume neither epistemological nor elitist explanations. Rather, it sees the Kallipolis, ‘the beautiful city in words’ as predicated on a particular anthropology. READ MORE

  5. 3. Governing Black and White : A History of Governmentality in Denmark and the Danish West Indies, 1770-1900

    Author : Kristoffer Edelgaard Christensen; Historia; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; colonialism; comparison; postcolonial studies; slavery; racism; punishment; hybridity; liberalism; economy; police; Michel Foucault; governmentality; kolonialism; komparation; postkoloniale studier; slaveri; rasism; bestraffning; hybriditet; liberalism; ekonomi; polis; Michel Foucault; governmentality;

    Abstract : This dissertation explores and compares the rationalities through which Danish state officials sought to govern the colonized Afro-Caribbean population in the colony of the Danish West Indies and the state’s Danish subjects living in the metropole of Denmark in the period 1770-1900. Theoretically, it relies upon Michel Foucault’s conception of ’governmentality’ and the way this approach to governing, and to state power more generally, has been employed in various colonial and European settings, particularly within the field of colonial governmentality studies. READ MORE

  6. 4. Dēmokratia : The Prehistory of a Word in Relation to the Greek Typology of Constitutions

    Author : Fredrik Sixtensson; Ingela Nilsson; David Westberg; Carol Atack; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Democracy; δημοκρατία; ἀρχή; κράτος; Greek democracy; kratos; archē; Greek typology of constitutions; Greek polis; Grekiska; Greek;

    Abstract : This thesis discusses how the term δημοκρατία relates to the classical Greek typology of constitutions. The two other major constitutional terms, μοναρχία and ὀλιγαρχία, have another suffix than δημοκρατία. READ MORE

  7. 5. Beyond the badge : police officers’ lifestyles and health

    Author : Elin Granholm Valmari; Kajsa Gilenstam; Ulla Nygren; Mehdi Ghazinour; Anders Kottorp; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Frontline police officers; Instrument development; Life balance; Life contexts; Mental health; Occupational balance; Occupational patterns; Physical health; Role balance; Social health; poliser i yttre tjänst; instrument utveckling; livsbalans; livskontexter; psykisk hälsa; aktivitetsbalans; aktivitetsmönster; fysisk hälsa; rollbalans; social hälsa; Occupational therapy; arbetsterapi; police science; polisforskning; sustainability; hållbarhet;

    Abstract : Introduction: Being a frontline police officer is regarded to be one of the most high-strain professions in the world, encompassing physical, emotional and cognitive stressors. These stressors may cause ill health, physically, mentally and socially, impacting both professional and private life roles and everyday activities. READ MORE