Search for dissertations about: "presuppositions"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the word presuppositions.

  2. 16. In search of Dionysos. Reassessing a Dionysian context in early Rome

    Author : Carina Håkansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Dionysos; Dionysus; Roman religion; Archaic religion; paradigm shift; satyrs; liminality; iconography; ritual; cult; performance; Fufluns; Liber; Bacchus; oral tradition; antefix; small finds; intercontextual;

    Abstract : In the present study the possibility of an early appearance of the god Dionysos and his sphere in archaic Rome, in the decades around 500 BC, will be examined. In early scholarship, rooted in the 19th century, the phenomenon of Dionysian ecstatic rites, cults, and satyr-plays in Roman society was denied. READ MORE

  4. 17. Journalism at the borders : the constitution of nationalist closure in news decoding

    Author : Johan Östman; Mats Ekström; Birgitta Höijer; John Corner; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; nationalist closure; nationalism; morality; news journalism; preferred meanings; encoding decoding; interpretive repertoires; referential; metalinguistic; Media and communication studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Media and Communication Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This dissertation is a contribution to the social analysis of nationalism. Its disciplinary context comprises the field of empirical studies that explore how forms of mediated quasi interaction can function in processes of reproduction and transformation of nationality. READ MORE

  5. 18. Demanding Certainty : A Critical Examination of Swedish Spatial Planning for Safety

    Author : Lina Berglund Snodgrass; Karl Bergman; Ylva Stubbergaard; Mattias Kärrholm; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; safety; fear; public life; spatial planning; Sweden; agonistic theory; knowledge; gender; trygghet; rädsla; offentligt liv; fysisk planering; Sverige; agonistisk teori; kunskap; genus;

    Abstract : This dissertation constitutes a critical examination of Swedish spatial planning for safety. Spatial planning for safety rests on a number of assumptions about the desired order of the world. These assumptions appear as given and unproblematic, making the formulation of alternatives appear unnecessary. READ MORE

  6. 19. Bodies of vital matter: Notions of life force and transcendence in traditional southern Italy

    Author : Per Binde; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; socialanropologi; Italien; magi; övertro; social anthropology; Italy; symbolism; cosmology; Roman Catholicism; social organization; vitality; folk medicine; burial practices; death; cult of saints; the evil eye; witches;

    Abstract : Bodies of Vital Matter presents an innovative study that explores folk beliefs relating to the vital force of the human body and to the transcendence of the corporal. The time frame is the period from the unification of Italy to the Second World War. There are three principal themes of investigation. READ MORE

  7. 20. Innovation Resistance : Moving Beyond Dominant Framings

    Author : Helena Fornstedt; Marcus Lindahl; David Sköld; Hervé Corvellec; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Innovation; Innovation Resistance; Barriers to Innovation; Actor-Network Theory; Critical Innovation Studies; Science; Technology and Innovation Studies; Knowledge production; Innovation in the Anthropocene; Sustainability; Engineering Science with specialization in industrial engineering and management; Teknisk fysik med inriktning mot industriell teknik;

    Abstract : Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) research has mainly had an outlook that frames innovation in a pro-innovation, pro-firm, manner. Connected to this perception of innovation is a view of human and non-human resistance as a temporary unwanted response that will eventually be overcome. READ MORE