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1. 1. Movement towards socioecological change: The case of Ecosomatics

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Wilma Lagerman; [2024-03-19]
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   Abstract : Several scholars both within and outside the field of human ecology argue that the perceptual human-nature divide contributes profoundly to patterns of unsustainability and weak sustainability visible in the world today. Deliberately engaging in conscious bodily-felt contact with the natural environment is suggested to uncover appropriate, embodied angles to approaching ecology and the environmental crisis. READ MORE

3. 2. ADJUSTING TO A NEW POLITICAL CONTEXT - A study of the civil servants’ possibilities to influence policymaking at the Government Offices in a new political context

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Förvaltningshögskolan

   Author : Ida Wicht; [2023-08-28]
   Keywords : Politics; Administration; Government Offices; Regeringskansliet; Dualism; Influence; Civil servant; New political context; Contract parliamentarism;

   Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to study if the civil servants’ possibilities to influence the policymaking process at the Government Offices (Regeringskansliet) has been affected by the new political concept. The new political concept refers to the simultaneous occurrence of contract parliamentarism and a coalition government, which has been the arrangement in Sweden after the two most recent general elections. READ MORE

4. 3. The Flying Man : An interpretive approach

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

   Author : Dalal Altounji; [2023]
   Keywords : Thought experiment; Avicenna; dualism; essentialism;

   Abstract : A thought experiment by Avicenna known as the Flying man presents a hypothetical man in the air who is not aware of the existence of his body but simultaneously is aware of himself. A common objection to the Flying Man accuses Avicenna of committing an epistemic and logical fallacy known as the Masked Man. READ MORE

5. 4. Non-dualism, natural science and what contemporary artistic practices have to say about it

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/HDK-Valand - Högskolan för konst och design

   Author : Jonathan Lystbæk Jørgensen; [2023]
   Keywords : Fine Art; HDK-Valand; Konst; Contemporary art; Bernardo Kastrup;

   Abstract : In this essay I intend to investigate what role contemporary art plays in the exploration of fundamental aspects of reality - and the importance of it. My premise for this text is that dealing with the fundamental aspects of reality has value - the way life is felt and how the world is perceived can be highly dependent on the fundamental understanding of reality. READ MORE

6. 5. Speaking with one voice : The European Union’s path of changed actorness in the Eastern Partnership despite long term differences in foreign policy views of its Member States

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Melisa Puric; [2023]
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   Abstract : This paper explores the actorness of the European Union (EU), and how it has developed within the Eastern Partnership (EaP) in the aftermath of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Through the theoretical lens derived from The Multiple Streams Framework, understanding is brought regarding intra-EU dynamics in relation to the union’s outer international context and geopolitical positioning. READ MORE