Essays about: "dualism"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 48 essays containing the word dualism.

  1. 21. Unsubstantial Territories : Nomadic Subjectivity as Criticism of Psychoanalysis in Virginia Woolf's The Waves

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Andrey Belov; [2019]
    Keywords : Virginia Woolf; The Waves; Jacques Lacan; Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari; Rosi Braidotti; psychoanalysis; subjectivity; nomadic subjectivity;

    Abstract : This essay looks at subjectivity in Virginia Woolf’s The Waves employing a psychoanalytic approach and using the theories of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari. Woolf’s relation to the theories of her contemporary Sigmund Freud was unclear. READ MORE

  3. 22. 'Hygge racism': "noget som man nok bruger mere end man tænker over". A qualitative study of well-intentioned racism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Maja Bodekær Black; [2018]
    Keywords : racism; hygge; Denmark; forms of power; normalisation; privileges.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to add to the body of knowledge on racisms in Denmark with the hope that further conceptual developments on ‘hygge racism’ can be made. In order to achieve this general aim, I analyse ‘hygge racism’ based on chosen concepts that show how it is reproduced and normalised in Denmark, thus dealing with it on structural and cultural levels, while also showing how it is a discursive act of ‘doing’ racism, thereby adding the personal level to the analysis. READ MORE

  4. 23. The “Reality” of Misogyny in Online Gaming Communities : A Qualitative Study on Female Minecraft Players

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

    Author : Jana Graso; [2016]
    Keywords : misogyny; gendertrolling; Minecraft; gaming; digital dualism; GamerGate; gender;

    Abstract : This study explores the implications of misogyny in the virtual and physical worlds. The 2014 GamerGate scandal shed light on the immense violence to which female gamers and gaming entertainment consumers are so frequently exposed to. Minecraft is the most played mass online multiplayer game in the world with over 100 million copies sold. READ MORE

  5. 24. Making sense of sustainability : a study on how sustainability ambitions affect sustainability performance in a retail company

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Ellen Appeltofft; [2016]
    Keywords : Sustainability; strategy integration; communication; practices; sense-making;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the relationship between the perception of sustainability and sustainability performance within an organization. To understand how to fully integrate sustainability in an organization, I have in this study found that knowing what is needed to link words to practice is key. READ MORE

  6. 25. Shit and piss : An environmental history of the meaning and management of human excrement in densely populated areas and urban regions, with a focus on agriculture and public health issues

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Wenzel Steinig; [2016]
    Keywords : faeces; urine; excrement management; symbolics; culture of technology; end-of-pipe; sewerage; agriculture; recycling; public health; Fäkalien; Urin; Management von Ausscheidungen; Abwasser; Wiederverwertung; Landwirtschaft; öffentliche Gesundheit; fäkalier; urin; hantering av avföringar; teknologikultur; symbolik; avloppsvatten; återvinning; lantbruk; offentlig hälsa;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses individual and societal relations to human excrement by looking at historical and contemporary examples of symbolics and management systems of human shit and piss. It furthermore connects urban culture to a particular type of perception of the meaning of human waste. READ MORE