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Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 3683 avhandlingar innehållade ordet modern.
21. Det autentiska Andra : Om etnografi, etik och existens
Sammanfattning : The point of departure for the dissertation is the problem of representing other people and other cultures from a modern scientific and ethnographic standpoint. This concerns, above all, a problem based on a power relationship, on various forms of subordination and marginalization of the Other(s), who are contrasted with normality and a modern "us". LÄS MER
22. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati. The Context and Significance of a Modern Hindu Personalist
Sammanfattning : This study explores the life and work of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874-1937), a Vaishnava guru of the school of Chaitanya (1486-1534), who, at a time that Hindu non-dualism was most prominent, managed to establish a pan-Indian movement for the modern revival of traditional personalist bhakti that today encompasses both Indian and non-Indian populations throughout the world. To most historians, the period between 1815 and 1914 is known as Britain’s Imperial Century, when the power of British cultural influence was at its height, most especially in Calcutta, India, the jewel of the British crown. LÄS MER
23. Between Modern Schooling and Cultural Heritage : Education and Ethnicity in Southwest China
Sammanfattning : Since the late 1970s, China has experienced remarkable socioeconomic development. The trend towards marketisation and modernisation overturned culturally-rooted lifestyles, and more and more ethnic minorities in China have started to regard their traditional cultures as irrelevant to their livelihoods and future and chosen to move away from them. LÄS MER
24. Lighting candles before a headless Jesus : sacred heritage, heritagized sacredness, and the many journeys between categories
Sammanfattning : The overarching aim of this thesis, situated within Museology and Heritage Studies, is to investigate the different modes and devices of transfer between sacredness and heritage. The research question, 'What happens in the transfer between heritage and sacredness?', is investigated as production of sacred heritage in early modern Europe and specifically Sweden, Rome, and Venice (Part I), and as uses of the sacred as heritage in different times and contexts (Part II). LÄS MER
25. Modern Icelandic Word Formation
Sammanfattning : Icelandic is known for its conservative word formation, largely involving native sources. The main focus of the present research is to describe which mechanisms are used in forming words in Modern Icelandic. Furthermore, a postulated additional category within Icelandic complexes, introduced here under the label compilations, is examined. LÄS MER
