Essays about: "Political philosophy"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 106 essays containing the words Political philosophy.

  1. 31. A Compromised Legacy? Investigating the embodiment of Olympism values within the Olympic bidding process

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Sophia Mohamed Harith; [2020]
    Keywords : Olympics; Bidding Process; Olympism; Leveraging; Legacy;

    Abstract : The international and commercialised recognition of the Olympic Games can bring upon prestigious benefits to a country's Olympic Games legacy. Due to this, candidate cities have capitalised on this opportunity to leverage their bids to successfully secure hosting rights. READ MORE

  3. 32. Speculating Relationships

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

    Author : Lennart Czienskowski; [2020]
    Keywords : Speculative Design; Post-Humanism; Post-Anthropocentrism; Human-Artifact Relationship; Object Character; Interaction Attributes; Phenomenology; Research Through Design; Aesthetics; Materiality; Object Behaviour; Relationship-centered Design;

    Abstract : In this thesis the idea of relationship-centered design is proposed based on a speculative design project which is grounded in an understanding of post-anthropocentrism. To facilitate post-anthropocentric human-artifact relationships, that don’t favor living actors over non-living actor, objects may appear to have a life-like agency based on needs and therefore must be empathized with which can be achieved through object characters. READ MORE

  4. 33. Overcoming the Human Condition : An Arendtian analysis of the antipolitical tendencies in transhumanism

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Alexander Hjelm; [2020]
    Keywords : transhumanism; Arendt; depoliticization; action; diversity; political philosophy; human enhancement;

    Abstract : This article critically analyses transhumanism, an ideological movement that advocates the radical biomodification of the human body in order to overcome our deficiencies and progress towards our next phase in evolution. Following previous criticism against the depoliticization within transhumanism, the article will aim to highlight the difficulty within transhumanism to balance the respect for diversity against the imperative for human enhancement. READ MORE

  5. 34. We thought ourself thy lawful king: The representation of royal legitimacy in Shakespeare's History plays

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Viktor Wahlström; [2020]
    Keywords : Shakespeare; History plays; legitimacy; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Legitimacy has been a key concept in political philosophy since Plato’s Republic. In this degree project I examine the way in which Shakespeare portrays royal legitimacy in seven of his History plays: Richard II, Henry IV parts I-II, Henry V and Henry VI parts I-III. READ MORE

  6. 35. The French politic of the veil in relation to International law : Analyzis of the politic of the veil in France

    University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

    Author : Akbar Abdul Rasul; [2020]
    Keywords : Islam; veil; niqab; hijab; burka ban; international law;

    Abstract : The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and other international conventions have been ratified by many countries, yet the basic freedoms established therein continue to be taken for granted. In recent years, the Islamic veil has been widely debated as an oppressive garment against Muslim women and a threat to Western secular democracy. READ MORE