Essays about: "Matthew Thomas"

Found 3 essays containing the words Matthew Thomas.

  1. 1. Illuminating Voices In The Dark: The utilisation of communication technology within online Arab atheist communities

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Matthew Thomas; [2017]
    Keywords : Comdev; Atheism; Ex muslim; Social media; Apostasy; Islam; Blasphemy; cyber-jihad; Collective identity; New social movements; Social movement studies;

    Abstract : The presence of atheists within the Muslim world has begun to receive global attention after a number of cases in which atheist bloggers and writers in majority Muslim countries were killed for criticising Islam. The rise in number of Arab atheist Facebook groups has sparked conversation about the rise in number of atheists across the Arab world, and to what extent the use of social media platforms has facilitated this. READ MORE

  3. 2. THE CRYING OF LOT 49: The ‘Anarchist Miracle’

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Matthew Tanz; [2015-10-15]
    Keywords : anarchy; The Crying of Lot 49;

    Abstract : This essay will explore the theme of anarchy in Thomas Pynchon’s The Crying of Lot 49. Specifically, I will examine to what extent anarchy can be understood as a unifying principle in The Crying of Lot 49 as it pertains to the passage of the book in which the revolutionary anarchist, Jesus Arrabal, declares an ‘anarchist miracle’ as a moment defined by “another world’s intrusion into this one” (120). READ MORE

  4. 3. Limited Military Pressure – An Analytical Framework to Assess No-Fly Zones as a Single Instrument in Coercive Diplomacy

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Annelie Gregor; [2012]
    Keywords : Coercive Diplomacy; No-Fly Zone NFZ ; Ideal Policy; Limited Use of Force; Thomas Schelling; Alexander George; Peter Viggo Jakobsen; Iraq; Bosnia; Libya;

    Abstract : Coercive diplomacy attempts to use military force in a limited fashion as a diplomatic and political tool in order to persuade an opponent to cease aggression rather than to bludgeon him into stopping. The use of limited military force in coercive diplomacy is not a military strategy, but rather a refined political and psychological instrument used for resolving a crisis. READ MORE