Sökning: "History of science and ideas"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 200 avhandlingar innehållade orden History of science and ideas.

  1. 21. Politisk vetenskap och vetenskaplig politik : Studier i svensk statsvetenskap kring 1900

    Författare :Oskar Pettersson; Per Wisselgren; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of science and ideas; political science; social science; democracy; conservatism; parliamentarism; Idé- och lärdomshistoria; Pontus Fahlbeck; Rudolf Kjellén; History of science and ideas; Idé- o lärdomshistoria; Idé- och lärdomshistoria; History of Sciences and Ideas;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with the relationship between politics and social science. It studies the field of political science in Sweden around 1900 by analyzing two political scientists: Pontus Fahlbeck (1850–1923) and Rudolf Kjellén (1864–1922). Fahlbeck was Professor of Political Science 1889–1915 in Lund. LÄS MER

  3. 22. En europeisk kosmopolit : En idéhistorisk studie av Immanuel Kants Om den eviga freden och dess verkningshistoria

    Författare :Rebecka Lettevall; Lennart Olausson; Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoria; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of philosophy; history of ideas; Vorländer.; Kant; stoicism; effective history; enlightenment; 18th century; Europe; citizenship; federalism; perpetual peace; cosmopolitanism; peace; modern history up to circa 1800 ; Filosofins historia; idéhistoria; Tidig modern historia till ca. 1800 ; History of science and ideas; Idé- o lärdomshistoria; history of ideas; History of philosophy; Vorländer.; Kant; stoicism; effective history; enlightenment; 18th century; Europe; citizenship; federalism; perpetual peace; cosmopolitanism; peace; Filosofins historia; idéhistoria; Modern history up to circa 1800 ; Tidig modern historia till ca. 1800 ;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation, a contribution to the history of ideas, is a study of Immanuel Kant’s 1795 monograph Zum ewigen Frieden (Perpetual Peace) and its effective history. The intention is to show how this particular work has been formed, read, discussed and interpreted for about 200 years. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Enlightening Water : Science, market & regulation of mineral waters in eighteenth-century France

    Författare :Armel Cornu; H. Otto Sibum; Hjalmar Fors; Sven Widmalm; Jakob Vogel; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Mineral waters; Eighteenth century; French Enlightenment; History of science; History of chemistry; Social history; Société de Médecine; History of Sciences and Ideas; Idé- och lärdomshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : My thesis investigates the process through which French mineral waters were conceptually and materially transformed by the forces of market, regulation, and science during the Enlightenment. Tracing this process deepens current understandings of eighteenth-century societies, and presents a novel image of the development of medicine and chemistry. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Världsmaskinen. Emanuel Swedenborgs naturfilosofi

    Författare :David Dunér; Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoria; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Christopher Polhem; Charles XII; hydrodynamics; technology; optics; acoustics; mechanics; space; theology; number systems; neurology; iatromechanics; body and soul; infinity; mineralogy; cosmology; matter theory; perception; analogy; metaphors; cognition; 18th century Swedish history; philosophy of science; philosophy of religion; mechanical philosophy; philosophy; geometry; mathematics; history of science; Emanuel Swedenborg 1688–1772 ; natural philosophy; History of philosophy; history of ideas; Filosofins historia; idéhistoria; History of science; Vetenskapshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : The Swedish natural philosopher Emanuel Swedenborg (1688–1772) thought in his early scientific career that the world was like a gigantic machine, following the laws of mechanics and geometry. The work presented here is a study of his mechanistic worldview and metaphorical way of thinking up to the year 1734, examining most of his fields of interest, from geometry and metaphysics to technology and mining engineering. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Taming exotic beauties : Swedish hydropower constructions in Tanzania in the era of development assistance, 1960s-1990s

    Författare :May-Britt Öhman; Arne Kaijser; Kjell Havnevik; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of science and technology; Hydropower; Electrification; Postcolonial Theory; Feminist Theory; Science and Technology Studies; Colonialism; Development assistance; Africa; Tanzania; Southern Highlands; Great Ruaha River; Vetenskapshistoria; Teknikhistori; Vattenkraftsutbyggnad – Tanzania; Kolonialism – Tanzania; Utvecklingsbistånd – Tanzania; History of technology and industry; Teknik- och industrihistoria; Historia;

    Sammanfattning : This study analyses the history of a large hydroelectric scheme – the Great Ruaha power project in Tanzania. The objective is to establish why and how this specific scheme came about, and as part of this to identify the key actors involved in the decision-making process, including the ideological contexts within which they acted. LÄS MER