Sökning: "discourse communities"

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  1. 1. Communities of Judgment : Towards a Teleosemantic Theory of Moral Thought and Discourse

    Författare :Karl Bergman; Sharon Rider; Andrew Reisner; Marc Artiga; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ruth Millikan; teleosemantics; biosemantics; content; descriptive content; meta-semantics; meta-ethics; cognitivism; non-cognitivism; moral objectivity; moral relativism; moral disagreement; moral psychology; evolution of morality; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis offers a teleosemantic account of moral discourse and judgment. It develops a number of views about the function and content of moral judgments and the nature of moral discourse based on Ruth Millikan’s theory of intentional content and the functions of intentional attitudes. LÄS MER

  3. 2. No limits : the 20th century discourse of economic growth

    Författare :Eva Friman; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; economic growth; growth discourse; development discourse; history of economics; environmental economics; ecological economics; ecomodernism; modernist economic ethos; narrative; power of language; limits to growth;

    Sammanfattning : The breakthrough of the concept of economic growth in economics marks a paradigm shift in thinking about the economy and its place in 'reality.' This thesis analyzes the 20th century discourse of economic growth, focusing its unlimited connotations. The thesis consists of four case studies, two introductory parts and a concluding dis­cussion. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Parents, Power, Poverty: On choice and responsibility on two parental communities

    Författare :Kristina Alstam; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; parents; parenting; subjects; citizen-subjects; parental web community; internet; discourse; power; ideology; austerity; neo liberalism; class; contract theory;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores discourses about parenthood and subject ideals as they manifest in two Swedish parental web communities. The aim is to examine the perceived division of responsibility between the parents themselves and the institutions of the welfare state and furthermore to map out and deconstruct tensions between demands understood to be assigned to the parent and to society, respectively. LÄS MER

  5. 4. I köttbullslandet : Konstruktionen av svenskt och utländskt på det kulinariska fältet

    Författare :Jonathan Metzger; Satya Datta; Ulf Jonsson; Kirsti Niskanen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Food; cuisine; national myth; national culture; national cuisine; ideology; discourse; rhetoric; consumption; communities of consumption; authenticity; Sweden; cooking; cookbooks; culinary arts; culinary field; gastronomic field; gastronomy; nationalism; national identity; Economic history; Ekonomisk historia;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this doctorate thesis is to investigate the historical discursive construction of swedishness and foreignness in the Swedish culinary field, primarily during the period of 1900-1970, and to relate the changes in the articulation of these concepts to the overarching ideological shifts during this time-period. To achieve this objective a conceptual apparatus inspired by cultural studies, discourse analysis and rhetorical analysis is employed upon the primary material, which consists of Swedish- and foreign-signified cookbooks published in Sweden during the period of 1600-1970. LÄS MER

  7. 5. What Kind of Regionalism? : Regionalism and Region Building in Northern European Peripheries

    Författare :Josefina Syssner; Rune Johansson; Michae Keating; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; regionalism; region building; regional identities; cultures and images; regional development; soft location factors; social capital; ideology; discourse; comparison; regionalism; regionskapande; regional identitet och kultur; regional utveckling; socialt kapital; ideologi; diskurs; jämförelse; Ethnicity; Etnicitet;

    Sammanfattning : "What Kind of Regionalism?" is a comparative study of regionalism and region building in two northern European regions – Meclenburg-Western Pomerania in Germany and Norrbotten in Sweden. The aim of the thesis is to investigate what kind of regionalism is emerging in regions that are neither economically successful nor regarded as 'ethnic communities'. LÄS MER