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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden Alexandra Segerberg.
1. Thinking Doing : The Politicisation of Thoughtless Action
Sammanfattning : Scholarly disputes about the concept of political action commonly centre on what can be regarded as political. By contrast, Hannah Arendt suggests that the concept of action itself is an equally significant component and consequently bids us to ‘think what we are doing’. LÄS MER
2. Art of the Possible? : Feasibility and Compliance in Ideal and Nonideal Theory
Sammanfattning : In the past decade, the value of so-called ideal theory has become a major point of dispute among political theorists. While critics of ideal theory accuse this approach of “idle utopianism”, its advocates fault the critics for conceding to “cynical realism”.This dissertation examines two charges against ideal theory. LÄS MER
3. Riksdagsdebatt iscensatt : Ett feministiskt teatralt perspektiv på subjektskonstruerande makt i det demokratiska samtalet
Sammanfattning : This dissertation studies power and the production of the democratic subject in the context of democratic debate. It is important to understand the role of power in democratic debate. Even more important is to understand how power underpins the construction of the democratic subject in this context. LÄS MER
4. From Antagonism to Alienation : Redirecting Radical Democracy
Sammanfattning : How can democratic theory address contemporary problems of alienation? Today, alienation manifests itself primarily in processes of precarization and deprofessionalization. When the subject’s work security or professional autonomy is undermined, her relations – not only to others, but also to herself – can become inhibited. LÄS MER
5. The Rise of Online Counterpublics? : The Limits of Inclusion in a Digital Age
Sammanfattning : This thesis explores how online platforms mediate the reproduction of privilege, by employing the concept of counterpublics. The term, which has been central to the feminist critique of mainstream public sphere theory, denotes the alternative publics that emerge in response to various exclusions by dominant publics with the goal of targeting and influencing the same. LÄS MER
