Sökning: "Soviet modernity"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden Soviet modernity.

1. 1. Tradition and Modernity : Images of Jews in Latvian Novels 1934 – 1944

   Författare :Anette Reinsch-Campbell; Baiba Kangere; Lars M. Andersson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; anti-Semitism; contact zones; dehumanisation; discourse; social distance; identification; image; Jews; Latvianness; modernity; the other; ‘othering’; stereotype; tradition; Baltic languages; Baltiska språk; baltiska språk; Baltic Languages;

   Sammanfattning : Jews have been represented in Latvian literature for centuries. This dissertation investigates the images of Jews in a comprehensive selection of Latvian novels published between 1934–1944 in order to establish whether, and to what extent, the traditional images are subject to change under the pressure of modernity, nationalism and a rapidly changing political situation. LÄS MER

3. 2. Tillbaka till framtiden : Modernitet, postmodernitet och generationsidentitet i Gorbačevs glasnost´ och perestrojka

   Författare :Kristian Petrov; Sven-Eric Liedman; Per Månsson; Södertörns högskola; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Glasnost; perestroika; M. Gorbachev b. 1931 ; Russian postmodernism; M. Epstein b. 1950 ; Soviet modernity; Begriffsgeschichte; generational grouping; generation of the sixties; generation of the eighties; public sphere; logocentrism; apolitical; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Glasnost; perestroika; M. Gorbachev b. 1931 ; Russian postmodernism; M. Epstein b. 1950 ; Soviet modernity; Begriffsgeschichte; generational grouping; generation of the sixties; generation of the eighties; public sphere; logocentrism; apolitical;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with the concepts glasnost and perestroika during the Gorbachev era 1985–1991. It offers an explanation to the rise and fall of these concepts and casts light on their modern and postmodern implications, as well as their historical and generational preconditions. LÄS MER

4. 3. Attaining Whiteness : A Sociological Study of Race and Racialization in Russia

   Författare :Nikolay Zakharov; Sven Hort; Vessela Misheva; Mark Bassin; Paavo Bergman; Ian Law; Södertörns högskola; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Racialization; Russia; Sociology of Race and Ethnicity; Racism; Social Theory; Nationalism; Modernity; Soviet Union; Postcolonial Studies; Eastern Europe; Identity; Migration; Sociologi; Sociology;

   Sammanfattning : Attaining Whiteness is the first book-length sociological study of how ideas about race resonate in post-Soviet Russia. The book charts how tropes of self, hybridity, and maturity constitute important symbolic vehicles for applying the idea of race to the drawing of differences. LÄS MER

5. 4. The Nuclear Waters of the Soviet Union : Hydro-Engineering and Technocratic Culture in the Nuclear Industry

   Författare :Achim Klüppelberg; Per Högselius; Kati Lindström; Anna Storm; Melanie Arndt; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Nuclear power; water; technocratic culture; USSR; energy system; hydro-nuclear entanglements; Atomkraft; Wasser; technokratische Kultur; Sowjetunion; Energiesystem; hydronukleare Verflechtungen; Kärnkraft; vatten; teknokratisk kultur; Sovjetunionen; energisystem; hydronukleära sammanflätningar; History of Science; Technology and Environment; Historiska studier av teknik; vetenskap och miljö;

   Sammanfattning : After the development of nuclear weapons, civil applications were seen as a way through which protagonists of Soviet modernity could embrace a new future, which Josephson called atomic-powered communism. Where hydro-powered communism had reached its boundaries, nuclear energy was to take over. LÄS MER

7. 5. Intima samhällsvisioner : Sporten mellan minimalism och gigantism

   Författare :Fredrik Schoug; Avdelningen för etnologi; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

   Sammanfattning : Ambitions and ClarificationsThe book takes its point of departure in the "intimate visions of society" that are significant of contemporary social life. This concept refers to the tendency to apprehend good social relations as personal, close and warm, while bad relations correspondingly are perceived as impersonal, cold, distant and alienated. LÄS MER