Essays about: "barbarians"

Found 5 essays containing the word barbarians.

  1. 1. Utopia Between Ciceronian Humanism and Imperialism

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Mohamad Almokhllati; [2021]
    Keywords : Imperialism; Humanism; Cicero; More; Utopia;

    Abstract : The premise of this thesis is to show how imperialism is an extension of Ciceronian humanism in More’s Utopia. Core Ciceronian premises, such as rhetoric and the vita activa in relation to imperialism are explored. READ MORE

  3. 2. Barbarians at the bell? A study on private equity-sponsored companies' post-IPO operating performance in relation to analysts' estimates in the Nordics

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Carl Magnusson; Jakob Nilsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Initial public offering; Private equity; Analyst forecast; Forecast error;

    Abstract : This study examines the association between private equity (PE) sponsorship and analysts' forecast errors in the context of initial public offerings (IPOs) in the Nordics. The sample of 90 observations is collected using offering data from firms listed on the main lists in Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Norway covering the time period 2011-2016. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Roman bust from Västra Vång:a comparative study investigating the context in which the bust was created

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Author : Linnea Lidh; [2014]
    Keywords : Västra Vång; provincial artwork; hybridity; melon coiffure; barbarians; Roman bronze bust; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was by a comparative study investigate the small Roman bust found in Västra Vång to increase the understanding of the context is which it was created. The comparative study was leaning on two hypotheses; that the bust was depicted with a so-called melon coiffure and that the bust was a depiction of a barbarian. READ MORE

  5. 4. Body and Mind : A Phenomenological and Corporeal Approach to J. M. Coetzee’s Characters in Waiting for the Barbarians and In the Heart of the Country

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Nadja Beden; [2014]
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  6. 5. Waiting for “the black flower of civilization to bloom” : Shades of Modernity in J. M. Coetzee’s Waiting for the Barbarians

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Mathias Rosenqvist; [2008]
    Keywords : Coetzee; Positivism; Modernity;

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