Essays about: "late modernity"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 20 essays containing the words late modernity.
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6. Letting Vision Lie Fallow: Understanding the Dialectical Constitution of the Epistemic Regime of Global Crisis in Late Modernity – Anxiety and Struggle in Capitalist Relations of Structural and Productive Power
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Throughout the ongoing pandemic, the operational integrity of the political system of the world has seemingly been on the cusp of collapse, raising questions about the institutional and normative vitality of this system. Moreover, this global moment draws attention to the epistemological conditions that shape global policy frameworks often consulted to devise agendas that address challenges of global magnitude. READ MORE
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7. ‘One Dress – One Nation!’ : The societal implications of King Gustav III’s National Costume in late eighteenth-century Swedish Court Society
University essay from Stockholms universitet/ModevetenskapAbstract : This thesis explores the societal implications of Gustav III’s national costume in the context of Swedish court society during the late eighteenth century. With the aims of uncovering King Gustav III’s view of the National Costume and its role in Swedish court society, as well as how we can understand the National Costume’s meaning for the aristocracy in late eighteenth-century Sweden, this thesis presents a post-structural textual analysis of Gustav III’s (1806) REFLEXIONER, angående en ny nationel klädedrägt (Reflections concerning a new national costume) in order to uncover King Gustav III’s perception of and ideology behind the national costume. READ MORE
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8. Resistance is Utile : a study of civil society organizing for public service regarding the Occupation of Sollefteå Hospital
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : The declining access to public service is a concern for most rural areas in Sweden. This study aims to understand how civil society organize in order to maintain public service with the example of the occupation of Sollefteå Hospital. The protest opposes the closure of acute health care wards, most notably the maternity ward. READ MORE
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9. Home of the Japanese Heart : Socio-historical Contextualization of Gender Politics, Commodity Animism and Super State-Nationalism of Japanese Modernity through the Indigenous Faith
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologiAbstract : This thesis aims to contextualize gender politics, nationalism, and animism as interconnected cultural patterns reflecting 19th century acculturation and post-WWII national reconstruction of Japan. In particular, state-nationalism, hegemonic femininity, commodity animism, uniform fetishsm, and power structure are analyzed through the symbolisms and discourse of the Japanese indigenous faith: Shinto, female practitioners, and followers. READ MORE
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10. The rural : knowing where we are by retracing our steps
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : This thesis is a discourse analysis of rural studies literature, both rural soci-ology and rural geography, throughout depicted timely eras of Modernity, Late Modernity, Postmodernity and Relational Rural. It attempts to sort through vast literature, exemplifying a few works and postulating them as attempts under certain eras. READ MORE
