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Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 23 avhandlingar innehållade orden modern individualism.
16. Läsarna som brände böcker : Erik Jansson och erikjansarna i 1840-talets Sverige
Sammanfattning : The theological characteristics were the demand for sinlessness and perfection and Jansson’s theory of decay, in which post-biblical theological thought was rejected. Jansson claimed to be enlightened by the Holy Spirit and sent to reveal the true biblical faith. LÄS MER
17. Om det ideella arbetets betydelse : – en studie om människors livsåskådningar
Sammanfattning : The point of departure for this dissertation is the question of how people perceive what it means to be a citizen. In Sweden, voluntary work is a widespread social phenomenon and studying what voluntary work means to people enables the study of an important form of citizenship in contemporary society. LÄS MER
18. The Threatened Paradise : Tourism on a Greek Island
Sammanfattning : This thesis is about attitudes and practices of foreign tourists in Ólymbos, a village in the north of the Greek island of Kárpathos. Based upon several periods of fieldwork from 1999 to 2005, it focuses on the discomfort with tourism and the tourist role which is shared by many holidaymakers, and which also can be found in various types of representations of the area. LÄS MER
19. The materiality of media discourse : on capitalism and journalistic modes of writing
Sammanfattning : The purpose of the study is to analyse the relationship between the capitalist hegemonic order and the mass media, with the latter restricted to two elite newspapers (Swedish DN and Slovenian Delo) and the selection of news materials from three bodies of international media coverage: NATO’s military intervention in former Yugoslavia, 1999, the political demonstrations against the IMF and the World Bank in Prague, 2000, and 9/11, 2001. There are two sub-purposes, one theoretical-methodological and one political-democratic. LÄS MER
20. Voices of Muslim Feminists : Navigating Tradition, Authority and the Debate about Islam
Sammanfattning : Drawing on in-depth interviews with women in Sweden and the Øresund region who have publicly positioned themselves as believing Muslim feminists, this study explores what is involved in their self-positioning, how they conceptualize Muslim feminism, and construct its meaning. The accounts of the participants in this study revolve around three broad themes: First, the aspiration for self-representation as Muslims, second, the negotiations on gender equality and Islam, and third, the negotiation between internal and external religious authority. LÄS MER
