Essays about: "False consciousness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words False consciousness.

  1. 1. Hazaras Persecution in Afghanistan : A case study through the lens of protracted social conflicts and relative deprivation

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Ahmad Zia Ashrafian; [2023]
    Keywords : Hazaras persecution; ethno-religious; psycho-cultural; Afghanistan; protracted social conflicts; relative deprivation; case study; Abdul Rahman; Taliban; IS-K; Pashtuns; Kafir;

    Abstract : This paper represents the root causes of Hazaras persecution in Afghanistan through ethno-religious and psycho-cultural approaches, using Protracted Social Conflicts (PSC) and Relative Deprivation (RD) frameworks. The Hazara community has been subject to persecution in variety of ways including assassinations, physical torture, enslavement, forced displacement, kidnapping, and target attacks by both state and non-state actors. READ MORE

  3. 2. Is Price Transparency the New Normal? A quantitative study on the impact of the "last lowest price" on shopping behavior

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Ebba Cedergren; Hannah Linton; [2023]
    Keywords : Reference price; Fake sales; Consumer purchase behavior;

    Abstract : In the last couple of years, scandals involving retailers using deceptive sales tactics have become increasingly prominent. By manipulating the price before a sale, retailers have been able to make their sales promotion seem more attractive to the shopper than it really is, causing shoppers to make purchasing decisions under false premises. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Effects of Mass Culture on the Loman Family : The Frankfurt School Critical Theory Applied to Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Henrik Levin; [2021]
    Keywords : Miller; Marx; alienation; Frankfurt School; critical theory; mass culture; conformity; consumerism; escapism; law of success;

    Abstract : This essay discusses the effects of mass culture on the Loman family in Arthur Miller’s play, Death of a Salesman. The focus is to identify whether conformation to mass culture and alienation have caused the characters to be lonely and to give up what they enjoy and to fall in line with a system where individuality is replaced by totality. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Role of Defense Mechanisms in Willy Loman's Character : A Freudian and Marxist Analysis of Death of a Salesman

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Maya Noras; [2020]
    Keywords : Repression; Projection; Frustration; Defense mechanisms; Marxism; The American Dream;

    Abstract : The field of psychoanalysis makes it possible to make an in-depth study of the protagonist in the play Death of a Salesman. After performing such an analysis, this paper suggests that Willy suffers from mental illness and that he is obsessed with living the American Dream. READ MORE

  6. 5. There is No Alternative: A Symbolic Interactionist Account of Swedish Climate Activists

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Kristoffer Berglund; [2019]
    Keywords : climate change; climate activism; symbolic interactionism; sociology of emotions; climate anxiety; environmentalism; social psychology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Today, a climate crisis is immanent. In this thesis I have conducted nine semi-structured interviews with Swedish climate activists. READ MORE