Essays about: "the relevance of history"

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  1. 16. “The Silent Celluloid Salesman” : How and why Ford Motor Company became the largest motion picture producer and distributor in the world

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Filmvetenskap

    Author : Pedro Scofano de Almeida; [2021]
    Keywords : Ford Motor Company; Industrial Films; Silent Cinema; World War I; The United States;

    Abstract : This study explores the under-researched subject of “industrial films” through the analysis of how Ford Motor Company made use of motion pictures to reinforce its political and economic interests during the 1910s and 1920s. In 1914, the automobile company constituted a motion picture department, establishing itself as the largest film producer and distributor in the world in the subsequent years. READ MORE

  3. 17. Nikāḥ as precondition for paradise? Spiritual corporeality and al-Ghazālī’s theology of marriage in the Kitāb ādāb al-nikāḥ

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

    Author : Mariette Frieda Anita Minnemann; [2021]
    Keywords : al-Ghazali marriage asceticism Medieval theology history of religion Islamic theology Soteriology cosmogony eschatology embodiment Sufism Sufi tasawwuf spiritual corporeality mysticism Ibn Arabi Islamic mysticism jihad body Ihya kitab nikah intercourse sex celibacy embodied resurrection din Medieval Islamic studies religious studies; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : With the 11th century text Kitāb ādāb al-nikāḥ, the “Book on the Proper Conduct of Marriage”, the Islamic thinker al-Ghazālī (1056 –1111/447–504) replies to a contemporaneous debate within Sufi asceticism with a theology of nikāḥ. The text is part of his opus magnum, the “Renaissance of the Knowledge of dīn”, which aims at a renewal of Muslim piety and provides practical guidance to the male audience addressed. READ MORE

  4. 18. Exploring metropolitan governance in the Öresund Region

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Roger Barres; [2021]
    Keywords : metropolitan area; city-region; metropolitan governance; urban politics; cross-border metropolitan region; democratic governance; Öresund region;

    Abstract : For the first time in history, more people in the world live in urban areas than in rural areas. Almost half of this world urban population now live in metropolitan areas, which are becoming central spaces of world economic and social activity, and where major global challenges happen and should be tackled. READ MORE

  5. 19. The Attitudes of Native Swedes Toward Refugees : A Case Study on the Role of Social Identity

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Eric Sonesson; [2021]
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    Abstract : Refugee-host community relations is a topic of increasing relevance, and sois the need to understand what shapes such relations. Sweden, having ahistorically liberal refugee and immigrant policy, accepted the biggestnumber of refugees in its recent history during the 2015 refugee crisis - theamount of which was the biggest per capita ever recorded in an OECDcountry. READ MORE

  6. 20. Italy’s destination image in Scandinavia : Analysis of photographs in tourism catalogues and social media platforms

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Turismvetenskap

    Author : Andrea Pesaresi; [2021]
    Keywords : Destination image; Italy; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; tourism catalogues; social media;

    Abstract : Means of information have drastically changed during the last decades due to the evolution of technology and the development of social media, which have gained crucial relevance in the tourism industry. As a consequence, efficacy of traditional information sources is being challenged. READ MORE