Sökning: "Ways of Being Free"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 50 avhandlingar innehållade orden Ways of Being Free.

1. 1. Ways of Being Free : Authenticity and Community in Selected Works of Rushdie, Ondaatje and Okri

   Författare :Adnan Mahmutovic; Paul Schreiber; Claudia Egerer; Louise Bethlehem; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; existential angst; death; freedom; authenticity; individualism; communalism; orthodoxy; heritage; community; inoperative community; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; English language; Engelska språket; English; engelska;

   Sammanfattning : Iconized migrant writers such as Michael Ondaatje, Salman Rushdie and Ben Okri use their fictional worlds to articulate the ways in which existential “nervous conditions,” caused by violent postcolonial history, drive individuals to rework the critical notions of freedom, authenticity and community. This existential thread in their works has been largely ignored or left undeveloped in literary criticism. LÄS MER

3. 2. Free to Conform : A Comparative Study of Philanthropists’ Accountability

   Författare :Noomi Weinryb; Maria Blomgren; Tammar B. Zilber; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; accountability; philanthropists; organization theory; human embryonic stem cell hESC research funding; philanthropy; civil society; nonprofit sector;

   Sammanfattning : Those who are very wealthy may also be extremely free. Independently wealthy philanthropists epitomize this type of freedom. They seem to be able to act in whichever way they please, as long as they respect the limits of the law. Their freedom also implies that they do not experience as much accountability as other funders. LÄS MER

4. 3. Överskuldsättningens ansikten : En studie av vägar in i och ut ur ekonomiska svårigheter

   Författare :Lisbeth Sandvall; Peter Dellgran; Tapio Salonen; Ulla-Karin Hedin; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; over-indebtedness; debt-settlement; coping strategies; gender; social work; överskuldsättning; skuldsanering; copingstrategier; kön; socialt arbete; Socialt arbete; Social Work;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to increase the understanding and awareness of what the pathways into and out of debt problems can look like, why people get into bad debt situations, how problems are handled and how they are perceived.The empirical data is based on semi-structured narrative interviews with 32 people who can relate to a debt settlement in three ways, either by just having applied for a debt settlement, finding themselves in the midst of a debt settlement or being debt-free since a few years back. LÄS MER

5. 4. Det illojala barnets uppror : Studier kring jan Myrdals självbiografiska texter

   Författare :Cecilia Cervin; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; autobiography; generic theory; reception; thematic study; réfractaire ; fictional truth; narratology;

   Sammanfattning : Jan Myrdal has often been considered a controversial author. During the sixties he was mostly regarded as a political figure, much appreciated by those who shared his political views and even more abhorred by those who did not. LÄS MER

7. 5. Free software to open hardware: Critical theory on the frontiers of hacking

   Författare :Johan Söderberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; hackers; constructivism; innovation; free software; critical theory; immanent critique; technology; lay expertise; open hardware;

   Sammanfattning : Starting from the experiences of hackers developing free software and open hardware, this thesis addresses some key and recurrent themes in the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS). It poses the question: how are technologies conceptualised, constructed and used in ways that render some aspects of them transparent, while leaving others opaque? This question is complicated by the fact that what is visible and transparent to some will remain opaque to others, depending on the level of technical expertise commanded. LÄS MER