Essays about: "Mind and body dichotomy"
Found 3 essays containing the words Mind and body dichotomy.
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1. Whatever happens, I will never sell the mountains - A reparative analysis of the temporal, political, emotional and intellectual aspects of crafting
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaperAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate time and the values connected to different uses of time. What use is legitimate, and what is seen as a waste of time? I will argue that a general notion of time as ‘bad’ or ‘useless’ will place objects, subjects and practices in the marginal, but also establish what should be seen as important or not, which makes us value things into good and bad, effective and ineffective, worthwhile and useless. READ MORE
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2. The War of Ages : A Deconstruction of the Adult-Child Dichotomy in Roald Dahl's Matilda
University essay from Sektionen för lärarutbildning (LUT)Abstract : This literary essay is centered around Roald Dahl's Matilda and employs deconstructive theory in order to dismantle the binary relationship between adults and children that the novel's author attempts to uphold. The portrayal of adult characters as either evil or passive, and child characters as innocent and helpless, establishes children and grownups as juxtaposed and limits the choice of hero to a child. READ MORE
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3. Knowing Bodies : Emotive Embodiment in Feminist Epistemology
University essay from Centrum för genusvetenskapAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine how the boundaries of the body are renegotiated byapproaching emotive bodies as the power charged foundations of knowledge. Introducing thesubject, I describe the subordination of bodies and emotions in Western thought as gendered andraced. READ MORE
