Essays about: "capitalism"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 271 essays containing the word capitalism.
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1. The suffocating enjoyment of the Other: An ideology critique of enjoyment in the mediatisation of the climate crisis
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : This thesis explores how the Lacanian concept of ‘the enjoyment of the Other’ (la jouissance de l’Autre) can be applied to break open normative understandings of the political factors shaping the climate crisis deadlock. The principal aim is to investigate how ostensibly disconnected environmental debates may be regarded as linked by an economy of enjoyment, more precisely by the promise of enjoyment by which the subject is libidinally attached to an ideology. READ MORE
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2. FACEBOOK IS NOW META. Meta's corporate sociotechnical imaginary and the discursive construction of the Metaverse as the social platform of the future
University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologiAbstract : The interpretive discourse-analytic framework of the Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse is used to analyze how Meta's senior executives discursively frame the use of augmented reality and virtual reality in order to position the Metaverse as the next social platform during Connect 2021. The findings suggest five interpretive schemas that characterize the Metaverse as a social platform of the future: (a) the Metaverse as the next version of the Internet; (b) the Metaverse as a facilitator of presence and a connector of people; (c) the Metaverse as a marketplace in the Metaverse economy; (d) the Metaverse as a ubiquitous place in our daily lives; and (e) the Metaverse as a space designed in a responsible manner. READ MORE
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3. Is there any sugar in Sugar Dating?
University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskapAbstract : The sugar dating market is divided into the interpretations of either being a niched dating style or another term for prostitution, disguised to align with the Swedish Sex Purchase Act. Despite sugar dating platforms prohibiting prostitution and escort services, previous research shows that sex for remuneration is common within sugar dating concepts. READ MORE
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4. ENERGY CRISIS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The energy crisis affects households, companies and countries all over Europe. But at the same time, it is a climate crisis. The aim with this research is to understand the climate perspective’s role in the energy crisis. READ MORE
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5. The Political Ecology of Green Hydrogen from the global South : An analysis along the socioecological fix framework
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : Infrastructural projects to realize the energy transition are framed by governmentsfrom all around the world very positively. This is also the case for green hydrogen,which is considered as a silver bullet to solve multiple crises simultaneously. READ MORE