Essays about: "Political Thought"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 136 essays containing the words Political Thought.

  1. 16. A possible defense of philosophical anarchism : An examination of whether A. John Simmons' philosophical anarchism can withstand Luara Ferracioli's counterargument

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Elias Grabka; [2022]
    Keywords : Anarchism; Legitimacy; Justification; John Simmons; Luara Ferracioli;

    Abstract : The philosopher A. John Simmons has early on put forward a defense for philosophical anarchism. He believes that he has succeeded to establish that the different non-voluntaristic attempts to explain state legitimacy all fail to give a solid explanation of how states can be legitimate without expressed consent. READ MORE

  3. 17. Colonial karma? Identity and failed postcolonial reconciliation in Europe - Understanding ontological insecurity as shaped by narratives of colonial societal beliefs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Hanna Bergman; [2022]
    Keywords : postcolonialism; European identity; sociopsychological reconciliation; ontological security; narrative analysis; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Following postcolonial thought, this thesis argues that colonialism can be reconceptualized as an identity conflict. Consequentially, reconciliation theories concerned with identity creation and societal beliefs can be applied to better understand postcolonial relations. READ MORE

  4. 18. Neo-republicanism as a framework for a political theory of animal protection - An evaluation of Philip Pettit’s neo-republican theory of freedom and its potential for extending justice to non-human animals

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Martin Hansen; [2022]
    Keywords : animal rights; Neo-republicanism; analytical political theory; reflective equilibrium; political turn; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Non-human animals are often excluded from contemporary political theories, much to their detriment in terms of welfare and protection. The ‘political turn’ is a subset of animal ethicists concerned with moving beyond motivating moral status and instead discussing the politics of a shared human-animal society. READ MORE

  5. 19. 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. 20. Towards a transindividualist understanding of the pedagogical relation

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för barndom, utbildning och samhälle (BUS)

    Author : Florencia Fernández; [2022]
    Keywords : the pedagogical relation; transindividualism; relational autonomy; psychoanalysis; the four discourses;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of an analysis of the canonical notion of the pedagogical relation, as introduced by Hermann Nohl in the 1930’s following the tradition of pedagogy and education in Germany. This notion, which has both been central in current debates on educational theory, for example in the work of Norm Friesen and Tone Sævi, has certain implications and political consequences. READ MORE