Essays about: "Political philosophy"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 106 essays containing the words Political philosophy.

  1. 26. Love at the Heart of Feminist Epistemology: On the Interconnectedness between Love and Gender

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

    Author : Veronica Grönlund; [2020]
    Keywords : epistemology; ontology; feminism; love; materialism; realism; queer theory; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I investigate the concept of love in relation to feminist epistemology. Through a theoretical analysis and assessment, the aim has been to first of all examine ontological tensions between feminist works theorizing on love; secondly, to analyse which role the concept of love has in the works; and thirdly to contextualize the different ontological assumptions made within the basic tension in feminist epistemology, i. READ MORE

  3. 27. Re-Construction for the New : Gilles Deleuze’s Text-Critical Method in Différence et répétition

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Filosofi

    Author : Emet Brulin; [2020]
    Keywords : Gilles Deleuze; method; critique; textual criticism; multiplicity; interpretation; hermeneutics; stories; free indirect discourse; problems; Gilles Deleuze; metod; kritik; textkritik mångfald; tolkning; hermeneutik; berättelser; fri indirekt anföring; problem;

    Abstract : This thesis argues, contrary to Gilles Deleuze’s critique of method and disavowal of textuality, that there is a re-constructive textual method at work in Deleuze’s 1968 treatise Différence et répétition. It is a method not for interpretation, representation, or deconstruction but for prolonging and reactivating historical and contemporary texts into the present and for the future. READ MORE

  4. 28. Evaluating Introduction of the Business Judgment Rule in Sweden : A Comparative Study of Accountability of the Board of Directors in Sweden and Delaware

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Teona Svanidze; [2020]
    Keywords : accountability of the board of directors; the Swedish companies act; the business judgment rule; the board of directors; the values of authority and accountability;

    Abstract : The Swedish corporate law scholars have long debated whether there is something similar to the American business judgment rule (BJR) in the Swedish Companies Act (SCA). Recently, the discourse shifted to claim that the BJR exists in Swedish case law and should be introduced in the SCA in the form of a statute. READ MORE

  5. 29. How have Confucian traditions and values influenced institutional power structures in Maoist ideology?  : A comparative discourse analysis of ideologies enforcing authoritarianism. 

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Fredrik Larsson; [2020]
    Keywords : China; Confucianism; Maoism; PRC; People’s Republic of China; Philosophy; Totalitarianism; Discourse Analysis; CCP;

    Abstract : This master’s thesis will thoroughly analyze the discourse that is the transformation and interaction of the Maoist ideology with the previous Confucian traditions and its importance in institutional spheres of society in contemporary China. The thesis aims to analyze correlations and causations to the aspect of the rise of Maoism from a non-Communist Chinese society highly influenced by Confucian values and traditions to a Maoist dominated Chinese cultural, social, and political landscape. READ MORE

  6. 30. A Right to Free Hatred?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

    Author : Johan Apelgren; [2020]
    Keywords : free speech; hate speech; legitimacy; political legitimacy; political philosophy; philosophy; ronald dworkin; dworkin; jeremy waldron; waldron; yttrandefrihet; politisk filosofi; praktisk filosofi; filosofi; politisk legitimitet; ronald dworkin;

    Abstract : This paper examines Jeremy Waldron's critique of Ronald Dworkin's argument that legislating against hate speech undermines the democratic legitimacy of the state. This argument, hereafter the legitimacy argument, was criticized by Jeremy Waldron in his book The Harm in Hate Speech. READ MORE