Essays about: "alienation"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 143 essays containing the word alienation.
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1. Rousseau’s Negative Education and the Unconscious Alienation of Emile
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för barndom, utbildning och samhälle (BUS)Abstract : Dangerous things can happen in the name of good intentions and we, as teachers or parents, are unaware of the ways we hurt children. In the book Emile or on Education we see a fictional example of a pedagogical relationship between a teacher and a student, where the teacher -Jean Jacques- is eager to teach and raise his pupil, Emile, in certain ways, so as to make him independent and happy. READ MORE
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2. Att få politiken på kroken : en etnografisk studie över hur åländska fiskare uppfattar och agerar i sitt yrke
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Fisket har enligt tradition varit viktigt på Åland men är ett yrke som alltmer håller på att försvinna. Ökade utmaningar i form av begränsningar och regelverk, samt miljömässiga faktorer stramar åt fiskarnas olika möjligheter att bedriva deras näring. READ MORE
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3. Capitalism, Industrialism, and Hard Times : Satire and Social Critique in Charles Dickens’ Hard Times
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This essay will analyze a selection of characters from Charles Dickens’ novel Hard Times. Characterizations will be analyzed by using a Marxist theoretical framework, e.g., characters’ relations to Marxist concepts such as class struggle, alienation, and stratification will be studied. READ MORE
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4. The Value of Work for Information Workers in Turkey
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)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
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5. Breaking the Stereotypes: Exploring Control and Self-Expression of Modern-Day Freak Show Performers
University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : Abstract Author: Dana Štěpánková Title: Breaking the Stereotypes: Exploring Control and Self-Expression of ModernDay Freak Show Performers Supervisor: Sébastien Tutenges Master’s Thesis SOCM04, Cultural Criminology, 30 credits Department of Sociology, Spring 2023 Freak shows have been historically depicted as dehumanizing spectacles exhibiting individuals with physical anomalies. Over time, these shows faded away, but human curiosity and fascination with difference and deviance have brought them back in a new form. READ MORE