Search for dissertations about: "tragedy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 34 swedish dissertations containing the word tragedy.

  2. 1. Enemies of the People : Whistle-Blowing and the Sociology of Tragedy

    Author : Magnus Haglunds; Göran Ahrne; Fredrik Engelstad; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; whistle-blowing; tragedy; dramaturgical sociology; situational analysis; status degradation; identity transformation; mass media; organizations; moral indignation; Henrik Ibsen; seal-hunting; Bofors; Norway; Karlskoga; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : Enemies of the People is a book that examines whistle-blowing—i.e., the unauthorized conveyance of sensitive information to mass media and authorities—and the social responses this performance provokes. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Tragedy of Liberty : Civic Concern and Disillusionment in James Thomson's Tragic Dramas

    Author : Åke Eriksson; Brean Hammond; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; Thomson; James; eighteenth-century literature; drama; Engelska; English language; Engelska språket; English; engelska;

    Abstract : Early eighteenth-century serious drama often addresses the significance of liberty. This study focuses on the theme of civic and individual liberty in the little known tragedies of James Thomson, Sophonisba, Agamemnon and Tancred and Sigismunda, all of which problematise the condition of liberty under the influence of ideology. READ MORE

  5. 3. The Tragedy of Ordinarity : Culture Constraints on Sustainable Development Based on Public Transport

    Author : Stephan Bösch; Gerhard Gustafsson; Reinhold Castensson; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; culture; transport culture; public transport; geography; transport geography; sustainable development; sustainable transport; kultur; transportkultur; kollektivtrafik; geografi; transportgeografi; hållbar utveckling; hållbara transporter; Human geography; Kulturgeografi; Kulturgeografi; Human Geography;

    Abstract : This licentiate thesis consists of two free-standing papers and a linking essay that links the papers by articulating an overall research aim and common theoretical background. The research aim is kept general and focuses on the role public transport can play in sustainable development. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Ecstasy of Tragedy : An Ethnography of Hospice

    Author : Oscar Wandery; Christian Maravelias; Carl Cederström; David Knights; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Organizational culture; hospice care; health care; affect research; ecstatic rituals; cultural reproduction; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Culture is a double-edged sword in organizational research. Certain researchers consider culture the key to understanding organizations while others see it as a pseudo-scientific and faddish term. READ MORE

  7. 5. Aeschylus' Supplices : introduction and commentary on vv. 1-523

    Author : Pär Sandin; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Aeschylus; Hiketides; Supplices; Suppliants; Suppliant women; tragedy; Greek drama; Greek theatre; textual criticism;

    Abstract : Aeschylus' (525-456 B.C.) drama the Suppliant women (Greek Hikétides, Lat. Supplices) is all certain to be the first in a trilogy of tragedies with appurtenant comic epilogue, 'satyr-play'. READ MORE