Essays about: "Fetishism"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 19 essays containing the word Fetishism.

  1. 11. The Bookshop as an Experiencescape: the future of the physical book and the bookshop in the digital era

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : George Hill; [2014]
    Keywords : Bookshop; Books; English language; Liminality; Fetishism; Sign value; Reading; Digital era; Experiencescape; Experience economy; Ebooks. Kitabevi; Kitap; İngilizce dili; Esiktelik; Fetişizm; İşaret değeri; Okuma; Dijital dönemi; Deneyim; Ebook.; Cultural Sciences; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to position the physical and independent bookshop in the digital era, claiming that they do have a strong place there. The rationale of viewing the bookshop as a space in which an experience can be had, intends to give independent bookshops a guide on how to remain as such. READ MORE

  3. 12. Scarce abundance : a critical analysis of Iceland’s renewable energy sector in times of growth’s cultural hegemony

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Hrönn Guðmundsdóttir; [2014]
    Keywords : Sustainability science; ecological modernisation; hydropower and geothermal energy; carbon fetishism; argumentative discourse analysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Renewable energy is increasingly gaining currency as a sustainable substitute for fossil fuels. Iceland has been framed as one of the world’s renewable energy success cases and the country’s renewable energy production has multiplied in recent decades. This thesis approaches Iceland’s renewable energy sector from a critical perspective. READ MORE

  4. 13. Neoclassical Economics and Development: A critical review of the convergence hypothesis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Heidar Nouri; [2013]
    Keywords : convergence; Washington consensus; development; postmodern critic; neoclassical economics; neo-liberalism; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This paper aims to critically review scientific purports by neoclassical economics, in particular when it comes to international development politics. Strive for global unified economies conceptualized through the convergence theorem and its extensional implementation through Washington consensus is the main goal of liberal ideology. READ MORE

  5. 14. Fetishism and Displacement in John Fante's The Road to Los Angeles

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Adam Kilic; [2012]
    Keywords : John Fante; The Road to Los Angeles; fetishism; scopophilia; voyeurism; Freud; semiotics;

    Abstract : The Road to Los Angeles, the first novel written by Italian-American author John Fante, is most often recognized as a tale concerned with Italian-American alienation, xenophobia and existence on the periphery of mainstream society. This essay, however, aims to analyze the novel from the viewpoint of fetishism. READ MORE

  6. 15. Alternative media : Empowerment in individuals in totalitarian societies.

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

    Author : Ali Tehrani; [2012]
    Keywords : totalitarianism; alternative media; technologies of control; surveillance; states nations technologies; bureaucracy; fetishism of machine;

    Abstract : My thesis explores changes in media technologies and the way alternative media affect the dynamics of power in totalitarian societies. How totalitarian states respond to these media trends and the security importance of the information coming from the inside of the totalitarian territory are the main interests of my essay. READ MORE