Sökning: "Individuality"

Visar resultat 26 - 30 av 72 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Individuality.

  1. 26. Taking Time and Making Journeys : Narratives on Self and the Other among Backpackers

    Författare :Torun Elsrud; Sociologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; other; backpacking; primitivism; risk; time; tourism; gender; adventure; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Sammanfattning : This work addresses the phenomenon of long-term, so-called ‘independent’ travelling, or backpacking, often to destinations described as the ‘third world’. It regards backpacker journeys as arenas for identity work, for expressing individuality and a ‘strong character’. LÄS MER

  3. 27. Salvation and Modernity : Intellectuals and Faith in Contemporary China

    Författare :Fredrik Fällman; Torbjörn Lodén; Huilin Yang; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; China; culture; Christianity; intellectuals; salvation; faith; modernity; identity; Chinese language; Kinesiska;

    Sammanfattning : Christianity, as a religion and as an ethical system, is increasingly important in China today. An analysis of intellectuals and faith is vital to understanding the contemporary intellectual climate in China. LÄS MER

  4. 28. Phenotypic and social effects on behavioural trade-offs in Eurasian perch

    Författare :Gustav Hellström; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Trading between conflicting demands is a fundamental part in how animals interact with its environment and social surrounding. Knowledge of what factors that are affecting behavioural decisions is central in our understanding of animal adaptation and ecology. LÄS MER

  5. 29. Spelfrossa : Spelets makt och maktens spel

    Författare :Robert Ihrfors; Pierre Guillet de Monthoux; Thomas Bay; Alf Rehn; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gambling; Genealogy; Foucault; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : In Sweden, there has been a major change in the role of gambling during the 20th century. Gambling used to be morally and ethically unjustifiable and something to be fought, whereas gambling today is seen as a normal activity, not only accepted by the society, but in some situations something to be en-couraged. LÄS MER

  7. 30. Strävan mot unselfing : en pedagogisk studie av bildningstanken hos Iris Murdoch

    Författare :Anna-Lova Olsson; Moira von Wright; Eva Hultin; Bosse Bergstedt; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education; formation; fictional literature; imagination; attention; unselfing; Iris Murdoch; Pedagogik; Education;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a study in philosophy of education and focuses on the moral dimensions of an individual’s formation, and on how reading fictional literature can contribute to the process of formation. The point of departure is the notion that education contains – or should contain – moral dimensions and thus contributes to the formation of individual life and a life shared with others. LÄS MER