Sökning: "Unity in Diversity"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 16 avhandlingar innehållade orden Unity in Diversity.

1. 1. Pluralism and unity in education : on education for democratic citizenship and personal autonomy in a pluralist society

   Författare :Joachim Rosenquist; Tomas Englund; Klas Roth; Walter Feinberg; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; pluralism; democratic education; citizenship education; children s rights; autonomy-promotion; school choice; deliberative democracy; political philosophy; educational philosophy; Pedagogik; Education;

   Sammanfattning : The overarching theme of this thesis concerns the possibility of balancing the values of unity and pluralism in education in developed nation states characterized by an increasing pluralism when it comes to the beliefs and values of its citizens. The author suggests that democracy has a normative basis in the principle of reciprocity which can be supported in an overlapping consensus by reasonable persons who differ in their moral, religious and philosophical beliefs. LÄS MER

3. 2. Towards a Minor Urbanism : Thinking Community without Unity in Recent Makings of Public Space

   Författare :Ida Sandström; Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Public Space; Spaces of Being-in-Common; Spaces of Collective Care; Minor Urbanism; Community without Unity; Community; Urban design; Urban space; City park; Urban planning; Co-Production; Urban Participation; Urbanism; Difference; Spaces of difference; Diversity; Spaces of diversity; offentliga rum; offentliga platser; urban arkitektur; Planering; mångfald; torg och parker; Urban design; urban gemenskap; urbanism; medborgardeltagande; medborgarengagemang; planeringspraktiker; gestaltad livsmiljö;

   Sammanfattning : HOW CAN WE PLAN AND DESIGN FOR community in diverse urban situations? In response to segregation and social fragmentation, public space is increasingly being conceived of as a vehicle for fostering openness towards differences, both in planning practice and theory. Drawing on two recent public space projects – Superkilen in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Jubileumsparken in Gothenburg, Sweden – this thesis explores what this hopeful idea may mean in terms of the actual making of public space. LÄS MER

4. 3. Förnyelse - förbistring - försoning : En studie av vitaliseringsrörelser och ekumenisk utveckling på fem sydsvenska orter 1970–2015

   Författare :Arne Olsson; Kyrko- och missionsstudier; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; brobyggare; communitas; commitment; ekumenik; ekumeniska rörelsen; enhetsdiakon; fredsstiftare; förnyelserörelse; försoning; inkluderat utanförskap; irenisk; ireniker; konflikt; mäklare; personliga relationer; relationell ekumenik; splittring; söndring; vitaliseringsrörelse; atonement; bridge builder; broker; brokerage; commitment; communitas; conflict; deacon of unity; diversity; ecumenism; ecumenical movement; included estrangement; irenic; peacemaker; personal relationships; reconciliation; relational ecumenism; renewal movement; vitalization movement;

   Sammanfattning : Reconciliation is a central theme in the Christian church. This study proceeds from a discrepancy between the theological understanding of reconciliation on the one hand and praxis in dealing with conflicts caused by different opinions about the culture or identity of the church on the other, especially in connection with vitalization (or renewal) movements. LÄS MER

5. 4. Two Quests for Unity : John Dewey, R. G. Collingwood, and the Persistence of Idealism

   Författare :Bruno Hamnell; Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoria; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; John Dewey; R. G. Collingwood; Idealism; Pragmatism; Liberalism; Unity; Experience; Practical Knowledge; Intellectual History; History of Philosophy; Anglo-America;

   Sammanfattning : After having dominated philosophical thought in Britain and the United States during the end of the nineteenth century, idealism was in steady decline by the outbreak of World War I. Its ideas and ideals seemed unsuited to face the transition from Victorianism to modernism and the rapid social changes of the post-war era. LÄS MER

7. 5. Cross-functional brain imaging of attention, memory, and executive functions : Unity and diversity of neurocognitive component processes

   Författare :Petter Marklund; Lars Nyberg; Akira Miyake; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Human memory; executive functions; prefrontal cortex; sustained and transient neural activity; declarative long-term memory; attention; working memory; functional neuroimaging; cognitive control.; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Sammanfattning : The central theme of the present thesis revolves around the exploration of similarities and differences in brain activity patterns invoked by the component processes underlying mnemonic, executive and attentional functions. The primary aim was to identify and functionally characterize commonly recruited brain regions in terms of shared component processes, which has been a largely neglected area of research in cognitive neuroscience. LÄS MER