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1. 1. We will teach you a lesson : A qualitative study on militarized masculinity and the use of sexual violence in armed conflict

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Zahra Nayabi; [2024]
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   Abstract : This paper will focus on articulating and arguing for the intricate relationship between militarized masculinity in ethno-nation conflicts and the use of conflict related sexual violence (CRSV). While previous research has been done on the topic of interest. READ MORE

3. 2. An anthem for Europe: Comparing historical appropriations of Beethoven's Ode to Joy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

   Author : Dominic Tscherny; [2023]
   Keywords : Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony; political appropriation of music; Žižek’s empty container; historical narrative; political symbolism; European Studies; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Since its composition two centuries ago in 1824, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (Ode to Joy) has been heralded the world over not only as a great work of art, but also as a symbol of political importance. In Germany, it was lionised as the embodiment of a national spirit, first during the Franco-Prussian war, then as a prize of the Nazi repertoire; in Rhodesia, it became the national anthem of a far-right white ethno-state, while on the far-left, it occupied a rare position of Western revolutionary music in China. READ MORE

4. 3. Hazaras Persecution in Afghanistan : A case study through the lens of protracted social conflicts and relative deprivation

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Ahmad Zia Ashrafian; [2023]
   Keywords : Hazaras persecution; ethno-religious; psycho-cultural; Afghanistan; protracted social conflicts; relative deprivation; case study; Abdul Rahman; Taliban; IS-K; Pashtuns; Kafir;

   Abstract : This paper represents the root causes of Hazaras persecution in Afghanistan through ethno-religious and psycho-cultural approaches, using Protracted Social Conflicts (PSC) and Relative Deprivation (RD) frameworks. The Hazara community has been subject to persecution in variety of ways including assassinations, physical torture, enslavement, forced displacement, kidnapping, and target attacks by both state and non-state actors. READ MORE

5. 4. When Religious, Civil, and National Representations Clash : A Decolonial View on Georgian Muslims as Internal Others

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för migration, etnicitet och samhälle (REMESO)

   Author : Gvantsa Gatenadze; [2023]
   Keywords : Adjara; Adjarian Muslim; Decolonial Approach; Decoloniality; Ethnicization of Religion; Georgia; Soviet Colonialism; Soviet Modernity.;

   Abstract : The othering and exclusion of religious minority groups in Georgia is often understood through the prism of religious nationalism, which is argued to have developed as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the respective need to fill up the leftover systemic void. Ethno-national and religious identity markers were used to create the image of true, pre-Soviet Georgian – Christian, ethnically Georgian group. READ MORE

6. 5. Justification for war : A critical discourse analysis of Vladimir Putin’s use of symbolism in his major speeches justifying the Russian invasion of Ukraine

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Tintin Jörnlid; [2023]
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   Abstract : The aim of this study is to determine how war can be justified in public opinion with instrumental use of ethno-symbolism. To answer this question the study investigates the motives behind the 2022 Russian war with Ukraine, by conducting a critical discourse analysis of the transcripts of significant speeches/statements given by the Russian president Vladimir Putin directed to his people, regarding Ukraine. READ MORE