Search for dissertations about: "public religion"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 95 swedish dissertations containing the words public religion.

  2. 21. Knowledge and pleasure at Regent's Park : the gardens of the Zoological Society of London during the nineteenth century

    Author : Sofia Ņkerberg; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Zoological Gardens; Zoological Society of London; zoo; London; nineteenth century; acclimatisation; imperialism; leisure; public; guidebook; zoology; natural history; popular science;

    Abstract : The subject of this dissertation is the Zoological Gardens of the Zoological Society of London (f. 1826) in the nineteenth century. Located in Regent s Park, it was the express purpose of the Gardens (f. 1828) to function as a testing-ground for acclimatisation and to demonstrate the scientific impor­tance of various animal species. READ MORE

  4. 22. Anti-paternalism and Public Health Policy

    Author : Kalle Grill; Sven Ove Hansson; Martin Peterson; David Archard; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Alcohol Interlocks; Altruism; Anti-paternalism; Epistemic paternalism; Group consent; Harm principle; Interference; Invalidation of reasons; Liberalism; Limiting liberty; Private sphere; Product safety regulation; Public health policy; Reason-actions; Self-regarding; Social responsibility; Uncertain information; Withholding of information.; Practical philosophy; Praktisk filosofi;

    Abstract : This thesis is an attempt to constructively interpret and critically evaluate the liberal doctrine that we may not limit a person’s liberty for her own good, and to discuss its implications and alternatives in some concrete areas of public health policy. The thesis starts theoretical and goes ever more practical. READ MORE

  5. 23. Theories of Public in Political Philosophy : A study of critical traditions and social transformation

    Author : Siddharth Chadha; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Political Philosophy; Caste; Critical Theory; Filosofi; Philosophy;

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  6. 24. “This is the Face of an Atheist” : Performing Private Truths in Precarious Publics

    Author : Evelina Lundmark; Mia Lövheim; Amanda Lagerkvist; Lynn Schofield Clark; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; atheism; non-religion; nonreligion; non-religious; nonreligious; deconversion; deconverts; YouTube; social media; media; performativity; publics; mediatization; re-publicization; gender; Sociology of Religion; Religionssociologi; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Media and Communication Studies;

    Abstract : The primary aim of this dissertation is to gain a greater understanding of the particular vulnerabilities attached to wo/men publicly performing atheist selves on YouTube. The purpose is to examine lived non-religion as a performance of a personal and stigmatized identity in a digitally mediated public. READ MORE

  7. 25. Encountering Depression In-Depth : An existential-phenomenological approach to selfhood, depression, and psychiatric practice

    Author : Patrick Seniuk; Fredrik Svenaeus; Rolf Ahlzén; Jonna Hjertström Lappalainen; Kevin Aho; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Phenomenology; existential philosophy; psychiatric practice; Merleau-Ponty; selfhood; depression; Fenomenologi; existentiell filosofi; psykiatrisk praktik; Merleau- Ponty; självet; depression; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory;

    Abstract : This dissertation in Theory of Practical Knowledge contends that depression is a disorder of the self. Using the existential-phenomenology of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, I argue that if we want to disclose the basic structure of depressed experience, then we must likewise disclose how selfexperience is inseparable from depressed experience. READ MORE