Sökning: "Existentialism"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 20 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Existentialism.

  1. 1. The Nothing That Is : The Structure of Consciousness in the Poetry of Wallace Stevens

    Författare :Daniel Andersson; Bengt Landgren; Roland Lysell; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Literature; Wallace Stevens; Edmund Husserl; Jean-Paul Sartre; phenomenology; existentialism; thematic criticism; theme; image; modernist poetry; romantic poetry; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This is a study of the poetry of the American writer Wallace Stevens (1879-1955). Stevens’ poetry is often concerned with the relation between consciousness and world, the perceiver and the perceived. This dissertation takes the investigation of the very “structure” or “pattern” of consciousness as its main purpose. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Fågel, fisk eller förundran? : En studie av förhållningssätt i existentiella frågor, baserad på uppsatser skrivna på ett mångkulturellt vuxengymnasium

    Författare :Tove Frisch; Boel Englund; Claes-Göran Wenestam; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Philosophy of life; God; meaning of life; death; contradiction; existentialism; determinism; reason; emotion; intuition; change; activity; passivity; society; culture; identity; religion; language; freedom; facticity; Sartre; Education; Pedagogik;

    Sammanfattning : Fågel, fisk eller förundran? A study of existential attitudes based on essays written in a multicultural upper secondary school for adults The aim of this study is to survey and interpret outlooks on life as expressed in 175 essays written (1999-2001) in a multicultural Swedish suburb by adult students learning Swedish, Swedish as a Foreign Language, and Philosophy. What are the recurring themes in these essays? How do they reflect the fundamental existential problems of their authors? The theoretical background rests on existential hermeneutics with Sartre (1943, 1946, 1984) as the most important philosophical source. LÄS MER

  3. 3. Rethinking Ontological Security Theory : Conceptual Investigations into 'Self' and 'Anxiety'

    Författare :Nina C. Krickel-Choi; Karl Gustafsson; Sebastian Larsson; Brent J. Steele; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; anxiety; body; concepts; embodiment; existentialism; Giddens; identity; IR theory; Japan; Laing; North Korea; ontological security; phenomenology; psychological constructivism; recovering meaning; security studies; self; sovereignty; states; Taiwan; internationella relationer; International Relations;

    Sammanfattning : The growing literature on ontological security has generated important insights about the behaviour of individuals, groups, and states in international politics. It has thereby greatly contributed to the discipline of International Relations (IR), especially to IR theory and the sub-field of Security Studies. LÄS MER

  4. 4. Segrarnas sorgsna eftersmak : Om autenticitetssträvan i Stig Larssons romaner

    Författare :Peter Berglund; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Literature; Authenticity; change; late modernism; postmodernism; insignificance; literary impressionism; everyday life; everyday language; performativity; dialogue; ugliness; violence; humiliation; existentialism; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : At the heart of this thesis are the Swedish author Stig Larsson’s novels: Autisterna (The Autistic, 1979), Nyår (New Year, 1984), Introduktion (Introduction, 1986) and Komedin I (The Comedy I, 1989). The purpose is to illuminate how certain central activities in the novels contribute strongly to the actual formation of these works. LÄS MER

  5. 5. I ungdomsrevoltens tid : svensk ungdomsbok och dess mottagande åren kring 1968

    Författare :Lena Kjersén Edman; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; criticism; children s books; existentialism; Gunnel Beckman; juvenile books; Max Lundgren; the 1960s;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation consists of three parts: the fourth chapter in my book Fotboll och frihet«. Studier i Max Lundgrens författarskap (Football and Freedom. Studies in Max Lundgren's Authorship), 1987, and the two studies that this volume contains: En undersökning av tillvaron. LÄS MER