Essays about: "Pacifism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the word Pacifism.

  1. 1. Re-imagining the World Through Popular Poetry Set in Motion by the Ultimate Signalling Officer Alan Alexander Milne

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Anja Skogberg Lundin; [2023]
    Keywords : 20th Century war-poets; Alan Alexander Milne; Winnie-the-pooh; The Great War; soldiers; pacifism;

    Abstract : Alan Alexander Milne’s authorship was never limited to being the author of the very beloved teddy-bear, far from it. In addition to being a successful playwrite and editing Punch, Milne also wrote several poetry collections which all have been out of print since the 1940s in the entire English-speaking world. READ MORE

  2. 2. Testing the Dear Enemy Hypothesis in a group-living cichlid fish : Dear Enemy relationships in Neolamprologus multifasciatus in Lake Tanganyika

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Robin Olofsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Neolamprologus multifasciatus; dear enemy effect; territorial behavior; neighbor recognition; dominant male.;

    Abstract : The dear enemy effect is a widespread behavioral phenomenon that promotes selective pacifism in order to minimize costs of territorial defense. The dear enemy hypothesis predicts heightened aggression towards unfamiliar conspecifics compared to familiar neighbors where territorial boundaries are established. READ MORE

  3. 3. Enemy Love and Apocalyptic Genocide : Views on Military Violence and Pacifism Among Swedish Pentecostals 1967-1971

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kyrko- och missionsstudier

    Author : Micael Grenholm; [2021]
    Keywords : Pentecostalism; Pacifism; Nonviolence; War Ethics; Sweden; Eschatology; pingströrelsen; pacifism; ickevåld; krigsetik; eskatologi; dispensationalism;

    Abstract : Pentecostals were the largest religious group among conscientious objectors in Sweden between 1967 and 1971, a time characterized by passionate debates on the ethics of war in the shadows of Vietnam and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This thesis aims to review and analyze how the Pentecostal periodicals Evangelii Härold and Dagen described and ethically motivated military violence and pacifism in different contexts during this period. READ MORE

  4. 4. CHANGES IN JAPAN'S STRATEGIC CULTURE – THE SEVEN SINS TO PACIFISM: Japan’s Move Away From Pacifism Explained With Strategic Culture.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Saman Nazari; [2018-02-13]
    Keywords : Global studies; International relations;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to explore the changes within Japan’s Strategic Culture that have led Japan to move away from their previous pacifist mindset and become more militarily active in, for example, the South China Sea. I have first done a thematic analysis to get access to Japan’s strategic culture and then used Greathouse (2010) Strategic Culture method and theory to explore and explain the changes that have happened to Japan’s Strategic Culture. READ MORE

  5. 5. Fights for Rights : A Case Study of Two Vigilante Women's Movements: The Suffragettes and The Gulabi Gang

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sara Jändel; [2018]
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    Abstract : This thesis is a comparative case study of the Suffragette movement and the Gulabi Gang, two women’s movements using violence as a political strategy to fight patriarchal structures. Studying vigilante women’s movements is important as the current literature on the relationship between women and violence is deficient, focusing on women as victims of violence but neglecting the idea of women as contributors to violence. READ MORE