Essays about: "idealism"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 29 essays containing the word idealism.

  1. 16. R2P as a global principle?: A case study of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Elin Elmgren; [2015-02-17]
    Keywords : Responsibility to Protect; R2P; humanitarian intervention; national sovereignty; United Nations UN ; Democratic People’s Republic of Korea DPRK ;

    Abstract : The principle of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) has been described as revolutionary in its affect on the relationship between the concepts of humanitarian intervention and national sovereignty by placing an even greater emphasis on the issue of human rights. However, R2P has proven to be difficult to apply in certain cases. READ MORE

  3. 17. The game in between competitions : A study of sport associations and its managers

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

    Author : Matthew Lekwart; Jesper Lofland Gustafsson; [2015]
    Keywords : Institutional logics; Institutional complexity; Sport management; Sport association;

    Abstract : The aim of the thesis is to further our knowledge of the similarities/differences in the goals of sporting associations and how idealism and managerialism influences this at a municipality level. The demand on today‟s sport managers to offer the entertainment industry a commercial product and to provide to the developing of society in the fostering of its youth has called our attention to this topic. READ MORE

  4. 18. Western and Indian theories of consciousness confronted A comparative overview of continental and analytic philosophy with Advaita Vedanta and Madhyamaka Buddhism

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

    Author : Michele Cossellu; [2014-01-22]
    Keywords : consciousness; nonduality; phenomenology; Advaita Vedanta; Madhyamaka Buddhism; epistemology;

    Abstract : The burgeoning field of cognitive studies in the West is motivated by a renewed interest in conscious experience, which arose in the postmodern zeitgeist in response to the positivist, scientific ideal of objectivity. This work presents a historical overview of Western philosophy from its dawn, focusing on the evolution of key concepts in metaphysics, ontology and epistemology, to arrive at the examination of modern theories on consciousness. READ MORE

  5. 19. Swedish Arms Export : Idealistic goals with realistic means. Three cabinet formations during 2002-2014

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Erika Rönnestig; [2014]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Swedish arms export is one of the world´s largest per capita in the world today, an export that occur to countries heavily criticized for a lack of human rights. Despite the strong support of the development of international control mechanisms to counter export to countries with poor human rights, support of arms control as well as the Swedish participation in international peace support operations, the policy has to a limited extent been affected. READ MORE

  6. 20. Cognitive Psychology in Crisis: Ameliorating the Shortcomings of Representationalism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Patric Nordbeck; [2013]
    Keywords : cognitive psychology; representationalism; ecological psychology; virtual interception task; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Traditional cognitive psychology relies on concepts bordering idealism, an issue that has been known since the end of the 19th century. At best, the underlying assumptions are misleading and do not bring us closer to an understanding of human enterprise. READ MORE