Essays about: "us them distinction"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words us them distinction.

  1. 1. Aesthetic Character of Landscape : A Cognitive Account

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionen

    Author : Loki Anne Thompson; [2023]
    Keywords : Environmental aesthetics; landscape; applied aesthetics;

    Abstract : In this paper, I present a cognitive account of aesthetic character of landscape. I develop this in response to Emily Brady, who coined the term to refer to the aesthetic individuality of a landscape, which she argues we ought to conserve. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Elephant in Multicultural Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Seyed Shahab Mir Babaei; [2020]
    Keywords : white; non-white; tension; marker of difference; morality; navigation; vignette; group interview; students; Sweden; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this study, I have investigated “the elephant in the room”, namely the tension surrounding discussions and interactions regarding ethnicity and race in Sweden. Specifically, my aim has been to unveil the dominant ideas that “whites” and “non-whites” use to morally navigate through tensions in this multicultural society. READ MORE

  4. 3. Near-local density approximation approach to one-dimensional lattice systems

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk fysik; Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen

    Author : Basheer Joudeh; [2018]
    Keywords : DFT; Hartree; Hartree-Fock; LDA; BALDA; Mean-field; Hubbard; SOFT; Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : Describing many-body quantum systems has been an analytically and computationally challenging task since the advent of quantum mechanics. However, in the past 50 years as a result of our technological advancement and the emergence of methods such as density-functional theory (DFT), we have taken crucial steps forward regarding our ability to study and understand large quantum systems. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Other Side of the Medal : A Case Study of Right-Wing Populist Party Identity in German Newspaper Discourse

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Fabia Federica Lehfeldt; [2018]
    Keywords : Discourse; identity; us them distinction; discursive struggle; antagonism; agonism; right-wing populism; Alternative für Deutschland;

    Abstract : Nowadays, liberal democratic societies comprise the breeding ground for thriving right-wing populist parties. They share the “fundamental core of ethno-nationalist xenophobia, (…) and anti-political establishment populism” (Rydgren, 2004 p.475). READ MORE

  6. 5. Poverty Porn as a Sign of a Postcolonial Wall Between “Us” and “Them”

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Nadezda Kaskure; Jana Krivorotko; [2014]
    Keywords : poverty porn; postcolonial theory; poverty; NGO; marketing; advertisement; critical study; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : One of the problems that people were trying to overcome for years is poverty. Almost half of the population lives on $2.50 a day. However, it appears that poverty could also be seen as the symbolic resource rather than a financial state. READ MORE