Essays about: "evil action"

Found 5 essays containing the words evil action.

  1. 1. The encoding of bad and evil : A cross-linguistic study using a parallel Bible corpus

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Nina Knobloch; [2021]
    Keywords : bad; evil; negative adjectives; lexical typology; semantic maps; negation; broad evil; narrow evil; dålig; ond; negativa adjektiv; lexikal typologi; semantiska kartor; negation; broad evil; narrow evil;

    Abstract : This study investigates the cross-linguistic encoding of bad and evil expressions. Using parallel data from the Bible corpus consisting of translations of the New Testament into 30 languages, probabilistic semantic maps have been created using Multi-Dimensional scaling. READ MORE

  2. 2. Between given and created value : Finding new grounds for justifying human rights

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Rita Rubnell Spolander; [2019]
    Keywords : value; metaphysics; philosophy of language; philosophical anthropology; conceptual schemes; primitive reactions; agency; värde; metafysik; språkfilosofi; filosofisk antropologi; primitiva reaktioner; agens;

    Abstract : This thesis aims at formulating a human rights justification based on the assumption that disbelief in human rights is found in communicative grounds, rather than some sort of unreasonable evil. I first identify what I believe to be a flaw in the communicative strength of existing human rights justifications in explaining why rights should be. READ MORE

  3. 3. From Snow White to Frozen : An evaluation of popular gender representation indicators applied to Disney’s princess films

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation

    Author : Johan Nyh; [2015]
    Keywords : Disney; princesses; Disney princesses; gender; Bechdel; Bechdel test; Walt Disney; Pixar; Frozen; children; girl; culture; gender representations; talk time; talktime; gendertimer; equality; content analysis; female; feminism; feminist; gender role; socialization model; gender role socialization model; passive; domestic; active; media; post-feminist; gender role portrayals; key measures; popular; nature or nurture; genes or environment; gender differences; expressions of gender; gender experiments; neurological; brain; plasticity; constructivist; cultivation theory; social cognitive theory; quantitative; quantitative measures; quantitative methods; stereotypes; stereotype; stereotypical; women; character count; biological sex; biological gender; metrics; femininity; textual analysis; submissive; submissive behaviour; independence; daddy s girl; patriarchy; patriarchal; patriarchal approval; wicked women; old wicked women; wicked witch; male; masculine; masculine characteristics; feminine characteristics; genders; marrying; marriage; love at first sight; empowerment; fairy tale; fairy tales; film; movie; films; movies; Mulan; Pocahontas; Snow White; Snow White and the seven dwarfs; Cinderella; Sleeping Beauty; Little Mermaid; The Little Mermaid; Beauty and the Beast; Aladdin; Tangled; Brave; Frozen; The Princess and the Frog; Merida; relationship; relationship formation; true love; true love s kiss; sisterhood; sisterly; Grimm; Grimm brothers; parental approval; matriarchal approval; matriarchal; matriarchy; stereotyping; evil queen; rate; rater; rating; measure; measuring; wicked stepmother; binary gender; gender binarity; binary genders; gender identities; gender identity; gender identity formation; identity formation; animation; cell animation; the Smurfette principle; strong women; strong girls; girlie; positivism; positivistic; film studies; analysis; analyses; antagonism; action; coding; cultivation effect; cultivation effects; socialization effect; socialization effects; coded content analysis; simple metrics; cognition theory; connotations; cultivation theory; socialization theory; depictions of femininity; plasticity; human brain; damsels in distress; feminist research; inequality; gender inequality; media studies; heroines; mass media; social media; images of women; woman as image; reading; interpretation; modern day fairy tales; Disney; prinsessor; Disneyprinsessor; Disney-prinsessor; kön; genus; genusvetenskap; Bechdel; Bechdel test; Bechdeltest; Bechdeltestet; Walt Disney; Pixar; Frost; barn; flickor; kulturuppväxt; representationer; skildringar; intryck; taltid; talk time; talktime; gendertimer; jämlikhet; innehållsanalys; feminin; feminism; könsroll; könsroller; socialisering; socialiseringsmodellen; passiv; hushållsarbete; aktiv; media; post-feministisk; postfemininstisk; nyckeltal; populärvetenskaplig; populärvetenskapligt; naturen; uppväxt eller gener; gener eller upppväxt; uppfostran; genetik; könsskillnader; könsuttryck; experiment; hjärnan; plasticitet; konstruktivism; kultivationsteori; kognitiv teori; kvantitativ; kvantitativa mått; kvantitativa metoder; stereotyper; stereotyp; stereotypisk; kvinnnor; kvinna; kön; biologiskt kön; mått; nyckeltal; femininitet; textanalys; filmanalys; kuvad; underkastad; submissiv; oberoende; pappas flicka; patriarkat; patriarkisk; patriarkalt godkännande; manlig; maskulin; kön; genus; äktenskap; kärlek vid första ögonkastet; saga; sagor; bröderna Grimm; film; Mulan; Pocahontas; Snövit och de sju dvärgarna; Askungen; Törnrosa; Den lilla Sjöjungfrun; Skönheten och Odjuret; Aladdin; Trassel; Modig; Frost; Prinsessan och Grodan; Merida; förhållanden; sann kärlek; Grimm; matriark; matriarkisk; patriarkalt godkännande; matriarkalt godkännande; bedöma; betygsätta; mått; mäta; ond styvmor; binära kön; könsidentitet; könsidentiteter; animation; Smurfan; starka kvinnor; starka flickor; positivistisk; positivism; filmvetenskap; filmstudier; antagonism; protagonist; hjältinna; kodning; kultivationseffekten; socialiseringseffekten; socialisationseffekten; kodad innehållsanalys; förenklade mått; kognitiv teori; konnotationer; konnotera; feministisk forskning; könsbalans; mediastudier; mediestudier; massmedia; social media; bilder av kvinnor; kvinnan som bild; images of women; woman as image; reading; interpretation; modern day fairy tales; tolkning;

    Abstract : Simple content analysis methods, such as the Bechdel test and measuring percentage of female talk time or characters, have seen a surge of attention from mainstream media and in social media the last couple of years. Underlying assumptions are generally shared with the gender role socialization model and consequently, an importance is stated, due to a high degree to which impressions from media shape in particular young children’s identification processes. READ MORE

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    University essay from Kungl. Konsthögskolan

    Author : Virlani Hallberg; [2012]
    Keywords : systematic violence; structural violence; power relationships; sexuality; control; post-colonial theory;

    Abstract : The central theme of my work is systematic violence on the micro-level of everyday life, our understanding and relation to “evil”, and the conditions behind it. I wish to address the relation between these micro-levels of experience and individual action with larger questions regarding the history of modernity – the power structure and social order of the modern state and its regime of identity and identification, set against the backdrop of a haunting colonial past and post-colonial present-day reality. READ MORE

  5. 5. Finding a Home for Orphan Works: Will a Human Rights Perspective Help?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Danilo Penetrante Ventajar; [2010]
    Keywords : European Business Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Copyright has traditionally been considered as a right that has a social function. Thus, among the various justifications for its existence, it is the utilitarian or instrumentalist justification that has often been hoisted in order to assess how well it serves the needs of society. READ MORE