Essays about: "horkheimer"

Found 5 essays containing the word horkheimer.

  1. 1. Appropriation or Appreciation? Examining the Phenomenon of Cultural Appropriation in Fashion Branding

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

    Author : Thi My Huyen Tran; [2020]
    Keywords : Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Due to the social revolution, social issues such as racism, human justice and cultural appropriation have evolved rapidly and included in many aspects of life. Brands are taking advantage of cultural values and/ or artifacts to promote for their equities yet acknowledging the possible backfire that would damage their reputation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Breaking Down the Reflex-Machine in Three Works by Philip K. Dick

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Sara Gaarn-Larsen; [2018]
    Keywords : Philip K. Dick; Postmodernism; reflex-machine; androidization; science fiction; The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch; A Maze of Death; A Scanner Darkly;

    Abstract : This thesis expands upon Philip K. Dick’s philosophy surrounding ‘androidization’, a process of degradation leading to the devolution of individuals into what he termed as ‘reflex-machines’. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Emergence And Decline of the Swedish Manga Industry : A Study on the conditions of a Micro Subsidiary in a Global Macro Publishing Context

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

    Author : Christian Johansson; [2017]
    Keywords : manga industry; culture industry; publishing; subsidiary industry; decline; micro; macro; Japan; Sweden.;

    Abstract : This case study, through ten interviews with a variety of people working with or around theSwedish manga publishing industry, attempts to catalog the rise, decline and lasting effects of theindustrial boom of Japanese manga literature published in Sweden between the years 2000 and2017. The study explores relationship between subsidiary and mother company, as well as to fill inthe blanks of the research field as it pertains specifically to Sweden’s manga scene. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Devils of History : Understanding Mass-violence Through the Thinking of Horkheimer and Adorno – The Case of Cambodia 1975-1979

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

    Author : Lior Becker; [2016]
    Keywords : genocide; cambodia; khmer; khmer rouge; pol pot; frankfurt school; dialectics; adorno; horkheimer; folkmord;

    Abstract : Why does mass-violence happen at all? This paper takes the first steps to establish a model to answer this question and explain extreme mass-violence as a phenomenon. This paper seeks to fill a gap in the field of research, in which models exist to explain the phenomenon of violence, with cases of genocide being seen as problems or exceptions, and as such researched as individual cases rather than as part of a wider phenomenon. READ MORE

  6. 5. Trajectories to a sustainable future : environmental education form a critical perspective

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

    Author : Julie Rose Bang; [2015]
    Keywords : climate change; sustainability; education; critical theory; societal change;

    Abstract : Climate change is one of the most significant current threats to civilisation and nature and accordingly a vast number of approaches towards its prevention are undertaken around the world. While some of these approaches are attempts at technical solutions, numerous agencies and experts argue that behavioural change is needed in order to achieve any significant and long-term results. READ MORE