Essays about: "intellectuals"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the word intellectuals.

  1. 1. Pipelines, provocateurs and pacifists

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johanna Spetz; [2024]
    Keywords : Climate change; climate activism; violence; nonviolence; deontology; consequentialism; values; ethics.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Would you fight climate change at any cost? In the modern day debate, opinions on the appropriate measures to draw attention to the climate crisis are divided. When conventional methods fall short, some activists resort to more assertive approaches. READ MORE

  3. 2. AN ANALYSIS OF THE EARLY MAY FOURTH INTELLECTUALS’ INTERPRETATION OF ‟UNIVERSAL VALUES” - A Europe-China Cultural Encounter Perspective

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Quan Xin; [2022-06-23]
    Keywords : China; Europe; cross-cultural encounter; universal values; the May Fourth Movement; 20th century; ethical universalism; cultural relativism; New Youth;

    Abstract : There is an increased tension between China and the European Union (EU) over ‟universal values” of democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. This is a question about ethical universalism and cultural relativism, a legendary debate by the Enlightenment thinkers. READ MORE

  4. 3. Challenges and strategies of civil society approaching the state: the case of ABIA (Brazilian Interdisciplinary AIDS Association) and the governance in the HIV/AIDS policy.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

    Author : Federico Pipitone; [2021]
    Keywords : HIV-AIDS; governance; civil society; NGO; public action; sustainability;

    Abstract : The Brazilian HIV/AIDS policy faced a structural change with the political shifts that, starting in 2016, led to the election of a right-wing president in 2018. Focusing on the relation between the state and civil society, this work will help understand the evolution of the spaces for civil society to advocate for sexual rights related to HIV/AIDS. READ MORE

  5. 4. Southern Nigeria and the politics of memory: literary accounts on the Biafra war and the minorities’ struggle

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Afrikanska studier

    Author : Gloria Radicchia; [2020]
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    Abstract : The Nigeria-Biafra war (1967-70) was a critical event for the country and on an international level: furthermore, it forged forever the memory and narrative of Igbo people, authors, politicians and activists and minority groups. I chose this topic because I have always been interested in how political issues have been represented and argued in literature, how the authors and intellectuals have narrated the struggle and the fracture of such a complex nation as Nigeria and how much powerful collective memory can be for the personal and cultural story of a population. READ MORE

  6. 5. Understanding climate action by teenagers as social movements : A case study of Youth 4 Climate Action in Korea

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Hyerim Lee; [2020]
    Keywords : Youth climate action; Youth participation; Political opportunity; Mobilizing structure; Framing process; Collective identity; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is about Y4CA, a youth organization in Korea for climate action. It discusses how non-teenagers support teenage activists for the sustained climate action by considering three factors for social movement: political opportunities, mobilizing structure and framing process by adding collective identity. READ MORE