Essays about: "Essentialism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the word Essentialism.

1. 1. The Flying Man : An interpretive approach

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

   Author : Dalal Altounji; [2023]
   Keywords : Thought experiment; Avicenna; dualism; essentialism;

   Abstract : A thought experiment by Avicenna known as the Flying man presents a hypothetical man in the air who is not aware of the existence of his body but simultaneously is aware of himself. A common objection to the Flying Man accuses Avicenna of committing an epistemic and logical fallacy known as the Masked Man. READ MORE

3. 2. A Remote Kinship : Using Heart of Darkness to Promote an Anti-Essentialist and Anti-Racist Understanding of Race and Ethnicity in the EFL Classroom

   University essay from

   Author : Rudy Lindberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Heart of Darkness; Race; Essentialism; Anti-essentialism;

   Abstract : Heart of Darkness does raise several issues when used in a teaching context. For instance, the novella depicts the Congolese as primitive, animalistic, ignorant, and superstitious. Thus, it perpetuates racist tropes about Africans that unfortunately still exist today. READ MORE

4. 3. The Influence of Policies and Programs on Identity

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Mohamad Alali; [2023]
   Keywords : Identity; sense of belonging; acculturation; assimilation; non-essentialism; essentialism; integration; naturalization; policies and programs.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In this qualitative study, interpretive research will be conducted in order to examine subjective experiences of Middle Eastern immigrants in Sweden as well as their perception of how six selected policies and programs affect their sense of belonging and identity. Individual in-depth interviews were conducted to obtain data for this study. READ MORE

5. 4. Intersectional Perspectives in The Bluest Eye and “Recitatif”

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Victoria Helin; [2023]
   Keywords : Toni Morrison; The Bluest Eye; “Recitatif”; Intersectionality; white privilege; essentialism; white beauty standards; black female subjectivity;

   Abstract : This study examines intersectionality, white privilege and essentialism in Toni Morrison’s stories The Bluest Eye and “Recitatif”. Moreover, intersectional markers are taken into consideration to analyze how the characters are advantaged or disadvantaged in the white dominant society of the two novels. READ MORE

6. 5. Transmedicalism : A critical discourse analysis on transnormativity in online discussion websites and publishing platforms

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

   Author : Kim Cannerstad; [2021]
   Keywords : Biological essentialism; Colonialism; Conservative; Critical discourse analysis; DSM-5; ICD-10; ICD-11; Gatekeeping; Gender binary; Gender binarism; Gender dysphoria; Gender incongruence; Nonbinary; Trans activism; Trans studies; Transfeminism; Transmedicalism; Transmedicalist; Transmed; Transnormativity; Transsexual; Transsexualism; Transphobia; Truscum; Tucute; Republican; White supremacy; Willpower; Xenophobia; Queer theory;

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