Essays about: "apocalypse"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 essays containing the word apocalypse.

  1. 1. “Whaddaya Mean Biblical?” Apocalypticism and Apocalypse in Ghostbusters (1984)

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

    Author : Jack Roempke Andersson; [2024-03-06]
    Keywords : Ghostbusters; apocalypticism; intertextuality; exegesis; reception history; apocalyptic hermeneutic;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine the sci-fi horror comedy film Ghostbusters (1984) from an exegetical perspective of reception history with a focus on questions of apocalypticism and apocalypse. This splits the study in two, with the first question being what the four ghostbusters of the movie mean when they talk about the end of the world in a biblical context: their apocalyptic hermeneutic. READ MORE

  3. 2. Long, Long Time : An Examination of Identity and Status Connected to Scenography in the Tv-Series The Last of Us (2023)

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Anton Jonsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Kvalitativ visuell analys; representation; The Last of Us; Bourdieu; kapital; post-apokalyps; zombie; scenografi; identitet; status; medborgarförslag; illustration; kollage; kampanj; ungdomar; inflytande; demokrati; Malmö Stad; framtidstro;

    Abstract : This study examines cinematic storytelling by looking at screenshots from episode three of the tv-series The Last of Us (2023). The purpose is to illustrate how scenography in the chosen material can represent meaningful concepts about the main character's identity and statues. READ MORE

  4. 3. Ageing Into the Apocalypse : Exploring How Age and Institutionalisation Shapes Environmental Organisations through Apocalyptic Framing and Blame Attribution

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : John Wester; [2023]
    Keywords : Institutionalisation; environmental movement; social movements; framing; blame attribution; apocalypse; age; Extinction Rebellion; Naturskyddsföreningen;

    Abstract : This study investigated how the age of an environmental movement organisation and its degree of institutionalisation impacted the usage of threat-related framing and blame attribution in regards to environmental issues. Environmental discourse has lately developed a rhetoric that embraces urgency and severity, but how different types of environmental movement organisations have approached this, historically and today, has not been widely studied. READ MORE

  5. 4. Climate dystopias in German newspapers : An argumentation analysis of the climate apocalypse imaginary in German newspapers

    University essay from

    Author : Madita Mertens; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Climate change is a “future-sensitive issue” (Kumpu, 2013, p. 53). Research has shown that expectations about the future influence current behaviour. Furthermore, research has shown that media still play an essential role in informing the public about the topic climate change (Neverla & Schäfer, 2010). READ MORE

  6. 5. Tracing afterlife : A comparative study of visionary motifs in the Apocalypse of Paul, near-death experiences and Karl Rahner’s theology of death and dying

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

    Author : Fredrik Sterner; [2023]
    Keywords : The Apocalypse of Paul; Near-death experience; Karl Rahner; eschatology; apocalypse; To die is gain; Johan-Christoff Hampe;

    Abstract : This essay aims to explore the tradition of visionary experience as expressed through the 4th century apocryphal text The Apocalypse of Paul. Emerging motifs from The Apocalypse of Paul is studied alongside those from the 1979 study on near-death experience, To die is gain, by German Lutheran priest Johann Christoph Hampe. READ MORE