Essays about: "Postmodern"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 132 essays containing the word Postmodern.

  1. 1. "We're here, and we don't know why" : An analysis of the postmodernist rejection of a universal meaning to life in Ken Grimwood’s novel Replay

    University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Samuel Berglund; [2023]
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    Abstract : The question of the meaning of life is at the centre of this study without being directly addressed. The study does not analyse the meaning of life but rather how the main characters of the novel Replay (Jeff and Pamela) approach the question. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Value of Work for Information Workers in Turkey

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Merve Nur Okutan; [2023]
    Keywords : Value of work; Meaning of Work; Information Workers; Theory of Alienation; İşin Anlamı; İşe Verilen Değer; Yabancılaşma Teorisi; Ofis Çalışanları; Türkiye;

    Abstract : This research aims to understand the value assigned to work by information workers in Turkey. Benefiting from the global literature on the meaning of work (Graeber, 2019), how work affects one’s character (Sennett, 1998), and how postmodern jobs are pushing individuals to a state of pretense (Alvesson & Spicer, 2016), I am trying to understand how the information workers in Turkey are experiencing global trends, what kind of value they assign to work, and what are some of the influences on their understanding of work. READ MORE

  4. 3. "Sound and Vision": Thomas Pynchon, Perception, and Transcendence

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Viktor Ferdinand Kovács; [2023]
    Keywords : Perception; transcendence; auditory self; phenomenology; modalities of experience; perceptual mode; imaginative mode; Thomas Pynchon; Gravity s Rainbow; The Crying of Lot 49; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Previous studies of Thomas Pynchon’s works have made progress in defining numerous aspects of what could be construed as the Pynchonian worldview. However, they have mainly identified them in general, visual terms, separated from the level of the direct experience of his characters. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Spatial Turn in the Heritage Field : A case study of the Arctic during the crisis of places.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturvård

    Author : Cristian Martín Lanzas; [2023]
    Keywords : Human geographies; Arctic; dwelling; Spirit of Place; Phenomenology.;

    Abstract : Modern research on the shared points of natural and cultural heritage has opened new opportunities for the investigation of the dimensions of this natureculture phenomenon. Theo bjective of this study is to develop this subject by analysing the dialogue between the most critical human geographies and the heritage field. READ MORE

  6. 5. Obstacles for Change Management in a Fragmented Digitized Postmodern Society. : A Case Study of the Digitalization Authority in Sweden.

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomi, geografi, juridik och turism

    Author : Hanna Eriksson; [2023]
    Keywords : Change management; postmodernism; fragmentation; organization culture; digitalization;

    Abstract : Change management is an increasingly prominent and complicated topic. In the postmodern digitized society, Sweden is believed to be at the forefront, yet in Swedish radio, information experts claim that the country is far from able to manage a crisis. READ MORE