Essays about: "existential sociology"

Found 4 essays containing the words existential sociology.

  1. 1. Renewed Shall Be Blade That Was Broken: Tolkien, Modernity and Fascist Utopia

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Joseph Ironside; [2018]
    Keywords : Tolkien Modernity Fascism Modernism Utopia;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of a close reading and meta-analysis of themes and patterns in the works that comprise the fictional world of “Middle-Earth” created by J. R. R. Tolkien, in specific relation to the culturally prevalent views of the decadence of modernity and the ideological dynamics of fascism. READ MORE

  3. 2. Performance Art : A Mode of Communication

    University essay from Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Edvin Sandström; [2010]
    Keywords : Performance Art ‧ Phenomenological Sociology ‧ Verbal Art ‧ Social Structure;

    Abstract : This paper is a phenomenological approach to the field of performance art. It is aqualitative study based on observations and interviews. The aim is to understand how andwhy do artists use performance art. The empirical result shows that artists use performanceart to challenge what art is. READ MORE

  4. 3. “Performance Art” :  A Mode of Communication

    University essay from Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Edvin Sandström; [2010]
    Keywords : Performance Art ‧ Phenomenological Sociology ‧ Verbal Art ‧ Social Structure;

    Abstract : This paper is a phenomenological approach to the field of performance art. It is aqualitative study based on observations and interviews. The aim is to understand how and why do artists use performance art. The empirical result shows that artists use performance art to challenge what art is. READ MORE

  5. 4. Towards a theoretical perspective of “vibrant physicality”: From “sociology of the body” to an “embodied sociology” and beyond

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Mary Fraser Berndtsson; [2010]
    Keywords : embodiment; body-subject; existential sociology; fitness; vibrant physicality; sociology of the body; body; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This paper presents a sketch of a theoretical perspective to aid in the sociological understanding of the phenomenon of “vibrant physicality”. “Vibrant physicality” is an enjoyable, embodied feeling which often results from and motivates participation in fitness practice. READ MORE