Sökning: "tyrants"
Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade ordet tyrants.
1. Johannes Magnus and the Composition of Truth : Historia de omnibus Gothorum Sueonumque regibus
Sammanfattning : Johannes Magnus (1488–1544) was the last Catholic archbishop of Uppsala to hold residence in Sweden. He was also a historian and wrote a work in Latin about Swedish history that was to gain an unparalleled importance. LÄS MER
2. Plato's Republic on Democracy : Freedom, Fear and Tyrants Everywhere
Sammanfattning : This thesis poses the question ‘What is the critique of democracy in Plato’s Republic?’ It is not the first to do so. But contrary to standard readings, this thesis does not assume neither epistemological nor elitist explanations. Rather, it sees the Kallipolis, ‘the beautiful city in words’ as predicated on a particular anthropology. LÄS MER
3. Accounts of Northern Barbarians in Tacitus' Annales : A Contextual Analysis
Sammanfattning : The Roman historian Tacitus is not only our most important source for the Early Roman Empire, but also a literary artist second to none. His fragmentarily preserved Annales deals with the imperial rule established by the first emperor Augustus, the Julio-Claudian dynasty (AD 14 – 68). LÄS MER
4. INCEST; "Att bo i en stulen kropp"
Sammanfattning : In this thesis I analyze, from a symbolic interactionist perspective, the way in which experiences of incest in childhood have an impact on the process of the development of self, as well as the consequences with regard to the social self in adult life. The empirical data consist of 15 interviews with women who have been subjected to incest by their biological fathers or stepfathers. LÄS MER
5. Dēmokratia : The Prehistory of a Word in Relation to the Greek Typology of Constitutions
Sammanfattning : This thesis discusses how the term δημοκρατία relates to the classical Greek typology of constitutions. The two other major constitutional terms, μοναρχία and ὀλιγαρχία, have another suffix than δημοκρατία. LÄS MER