Essays about: "Dehumanization"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 32 essays containing the word Dehumanization.

  1. 16. The Agony of The Supermax Confinement: Indefinite Isolation in The Name of Security

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

    Author : Malak Taleb; [2019]
    Keywords : supermax prisons; solitary confinement; human rights; torture; Foucault; Agamben; Goffman;

    Abstract : The main area of inquiry for this thesis is super-maximum security prisons or as commonly referred to “supermax prisons”. First, the thesis traces the shift from the use of physical punishment to the use of disciplinary measures in punitive institutions and the development of the modern prison until it reaches its latest form as embodied in the supermax model. READ MORE

  3. 17. 'Til Death Do Us Part : representations of men in the Italian mainstream press coverage of femicide

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Giulia Masciavé; [2019]
    Keywords : ‘News media’; ‘femicide’; ‘masculinity’; ‘crime news’; ‘journalism ethics’; ‘Critical Discourse Analysis’; ‘representations’; ‘Italy’; ‘mainstream newspapers’; ‘negotiation’; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Femicide is the ultimate expression of violence against women. It is the ultimate act of male dominance over a woman. Despite the criminal justice systems and governments have acknowledged femicide as a crime, there is little public awareness about the patriarchal roots that diffuse and maintain men´s power. READ MORE

  4. 18. Dehumanization in the brain

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Joel Thyberg; [2019]
    Keywords : Dehumanization; Social cognition; Medial prefrontal cortex; Blatant dehumanization;

    Abstract : Dehumanization is a process whereby people fail to view others as human beings. Instead, the others are perceived as nonhuman animals or objects, unworthy of the same moral treatment. Dehumanization has previously been studied in a variety of different scholarly domains without adhering to a uniform theoretical framework. READ MORE

  5. 19. Dehumanization in Everyday Politics : A study of discursive dehumanization of beggars on social media

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Joanna Hellström; [2019]
    Keywords : Dehumanization; political communication; discourse; right-wing populism; social media; political participation;

    Abstract : Social science scholars mainly regard dehumanization as a phenomenon of conflict and war. Concurrently, dehumanizing attitudes and behavior in democratic, non-conflict settings is a significant field within social psychology. READ MORE

  6. 20. Paul’s Discourse on Slavery and Freedomin the Light of Stoic Philosophy

    University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för religionsvetenskap och teologi

    Author : Ji Ra Maran; [2019]
    Keywords : Slavery System; Patronage Culture; Social Classes; Greco-Roman World;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on Paul’s view on freedom for believers in the context ofslavery. Paul’s understanding comes through in his metaphorical usage of slavelanguage in 1 Cor 7:20-24. READ MORE