Essays about: "sociology death"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words sociology death.

  1. 1. Belief in Karma and Political Attitudes

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Albin Östervall; [2022]
    Keywords : karma; karmic belief; political attitudes; ideology; India; Indian politics; conservative dispositions; caste; caste system; varnas; political psychology; political sociology; conservatism; laissez faire; authoritarianism; status quo conservatism; equality; BJP; motivated social cognition; Weber; death penalty; capital punishment; ableism; ableist attitudes; personal responsibility; samsara; ahimsa; retributivism; theodicy; just world belief; karmic causation; justice reasoning; legitimizing myth; legitimizing ideology; Hinduism; Hindutva; politics; religion; karma index;

    Abstract : Many scholars have discussed the sociopolitical consequences of belief in karma but few have investigated such relationships quantitatively. This study aims to establish empirical patterns concerning the connection between karmic beliefs and attitudes related to (i) political ideology, (ii) ableism, and (iii) views on the death penalty. READ MORE

  3. 2. A Systematic Review of Social work education and training programs in palliative and end-of-life care

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Hang Li; [2021-01-13]
    Keywords : social work; education and training programs; palliative and end-of-life care;

    Abstract : Background: The advanced modern medicine and people’s open-minded attitudes about death call for the development of palliative and end-of-life care. Patients and their family members also promote higher requirement to the professionals and the quality and quantity of the service. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Question of Taste : Psychoanalytic Explorations of Aesthetic Dislike and Bourdieu’s Distinction

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

    Author : Marco Rep; [2021]
    Keywords : Bourdieu; distinction; Ferenczi; Freud; jouissance; Lacan; objet a; psychoanalysis; symptom; taste.;

    Abstract : This dissertation approaches the question of taste and aesthetic dislike from a combined sociological and psychoanalytic perspective. Building on Pierre Bourdieu’s sociology of art (most notably La distinction from 1979), I attempt to reconcile a view of aesthetic judgments as acts of distinction with a legitimate subjective dimension of aesthetic enjoyment. READ MORE

  5. 4. Arbitrary Power and the Weakening of the Rule of Law in Duterte's War on Drugs: a qualitative interview study with members of the Filipino Human Rights Community

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Nadine Flatt; [2018]
    Keywords : War on Drugs; Philippines; rule of law; rule of men; arbitrary power; extrajudicial killings; Skype interviews; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Rodrigo Roa Duterte was elected president of the Philippines in 2016. He launched a violent War on Drugs only one day after his assumption of the presidency. In his inaugural speech, Duterte described his adherence to the rule of law as uncompromising. READ MORE

  6. 5. Death and Society - a methodological critique of Zygmunt Bauman's "psychoanalytic" approach to sociology

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Saga Pyk Angere; [2011]
    Keywords : Zygmunt Bauman; denial of death; culture; sociological method; psychoanalysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This essay examines Zygmunt Bauman’s Mortality, Immortality, and Other Life Strategies from a methodological perspective. Bauman’s method is influenced by phenomenology and psychoanalysis, and has many followers in different fields. READ MORE