Essays about: "idé- och lärdomshistoria"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words idé- och lärdomshistoria.
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1. On the Frail Edge of Humanity : Human Variety and the Exercise of Imperial Power Across the British Caribbean, 1700-1750
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för idé- och lärdomshistoriaAbstract : With the intention of analysing changes in natural history, human variation and the exercise of imperial power across the British Caribbean, this study poses the following questions: How did changes in natural history impact the understandings and applications of human variety, 1700–1750? How did natural history influence the exercise of imperial power in the British Caribbean? The study posits that there is a connection between natural history and imperial power. Through the contexts of the history of natural history and the history of fear, biopolitics acts as a theoretical framework wherethrough two themes of natural history, "spirits" and weaponry, are analysed using the travel writings of Hans Sloane, Henry Barham, Charles Leslie, Griffith Hughes and Patrick Browne. READ MORE
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2. The Undemocratic Mandate of Economic Expertise
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoriaAbstract : This thesis investigates a pattern of co-production within the field of science and technology studies as it applies to economic ideas and events of the 20th century. The intellectual traditions of Keynesian social liberalism and neoliberalism are traced historically. READ MORE
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3. “A Veritable Country of Lies” : Carl Gyllenborg, A Conspiring Swedish Diplomat’s Practices According to his Correspondence 1715–1717
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för idé- och lärdomshistoriaAbstract : In the decades following the Peace of Westphalia the foundations of what many consider modern diplomacy were formed. These foundations have been a popular topic for many historians, and extensive work has been made on Diplomatic Theory, and the ideals of what a diplomat should be within the field of new diplomatic history. READ MORE
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4. Den naturliga människan - en undersökning av naturens roll för det mänskliga känslolivet, sett genom Henry David Thoreaus Walden
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoriaAbstract : The purpose of this study is to examine how the American nature writer Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) writes about nature, and natures role for the human emotions. The study takes basis in one of the writer’s most famous works – Walden; or, Life in the woods, from 1854, which he wrote after he had been living in a small cottage in the woods around walden pond for over 2 years. READ MORE
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5. From Backstage to Center Stage: An exploration of Hannes Alfvén’s role(s) as an expert advisor, 1945-1980
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoriaAbstract : .... READ MORE
