Essays about: "political ontology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words political ontology.

  1. 1. Dark Ecology: Obscurities Illuminated

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Nadja Gollbo; [2024]
    Keywords : dark ecology; object-oriented ontology; internal critique; political theory; speculative realism; ecological philosophy; environmental issues;

    Abstract : This study investigates “dark ecology” – an ecological theory formulated by Timothy Morton, based on an object-oriented ontology and claimed to offer a new perspective on how humans can and should coexist with other “objects” in the world in a better, less hostile way. Dark ecology is a critique of both an anthropocentric and a biocentric worldview, aiming to erase the dichotomy between human/nature and subject/object. READ MORE

  3. 2. THRIVING OR SURVIVING? : A STUDY OF JOB SATISFACTION AMONG GEN Z

    University essay from Jönköping University

    Author : Dominika Nagy; Sabine-Jana Tomm; [2023]
    Keywords : Generation Z; Business; Workplace; Job Satisfaction; Employee Retention; Motivation;

    Abstract : Background: As a truly digitally native generation, Generation Z just started entering the workforce and their unique characteristics and expectations should not be ignored. To satisfy and retain this newest generation it becomes important for the employers to understand and adapt their strategies accordingly. READ MORE

  4. 3. Sápmi, Sweden's Smörgåsbord? On Human Rights, Rights of Nature and Extractivism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Stella Terjung; [2022]
    Keywords : Rights of Nature – Extractivism – Human Rights – Decolonisation – Ontologies – Self-determination; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In North Sweden, Sámi activists are resisting the proposed Gállok mine, disapproving of their land being treated as a 'smörgåsbord' and countering the assumption of modernity that dichotomises the human and the nonhuman. Against this backdrop, this thesis looks at some of the unprecedented challenges the rapid extension of globalisation poses to the human and nonhuman world. READ MORE

  5. 4. Riveted : Levinas' Early Stuff

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för teoretisk filosofi

    Author : Aron Ericson; [2022]
    Keywords : Levinas; transcendence; excendence; phenomenology; ontology; Heidegger;

    Abstract : This study is an examination of the early philosophical writings by Emmanuel Levinas, and shows how transcendence became his guiding question. The study has three parts. Part One lays out Levinas' early enthusiasm with regard to Heidegger's phenomenology. Part Two consists of close readings of three essays by Levinas from 1933 to 1935. READ MORE

  6. 5. APES TOGETHER STRONG!!! An Exploratory Case Study Into Newcomer Socialization Within the GameStop Movement

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Sebastian Luser; Toni Schreier; [2022]
    Keywords : Digital movement; social movement; online community; socialization; GameStop; Wallstreetbets; collective action; connective action; jargon;

    Abstract : Background: “APES TOGETHER STRONG“ was one of the slogans, that participants of the influential GameStop movement (who ironically called themselves “apes“) utilized to show their unity (“together strong“) and relentlessness in their seemingly irrational actions. Erupting in January 2021, retail investors that had formed a community via Reddit, collectively achieved to multiply the stock price of American gaming retail chain GameStop, causing huge losses for hedge funds, resulting in political discussions and social outrage. READ MORE