Sökning: "despair"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 31 avhandlingar innehållade ordet despair.

  1. 1. Hope and Despair : Philosophy of life, expectations and optimism in cancer patients and their spouses

    Författare :Jeanette Winterling; Karin Nordin; Bengt Glimelius; Birgitta Sidenvall; Britt-Marie Ternestedt; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Caring sciences; philosophy of life; expectations; optimism; advanced cancer; curative cancer; recovery; spouses; Vårdvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The general aim was to explore philosophy of life, expectations and optimism in patients and spouses in two different cancer situations, and to determine whether these aspects had relevance for psychological distress and quality of life. The first situation was being newly diagnosed with advanced cancer. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Kris, alienation och autenticitet i Lev Sestovs filosofi

    Författare :Lars Douglas Eriksson; Anna Ljunggren; Irina Karlsohn; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Shestov; crisis; alienation; authenticity; death; reason; morality; life; freedom; individuality; tragic; suffering; despair; hopelessness; loneliness; uncertainty; insanity; darkness; sickness; revelation; faith; caprice; God; slaviska språk; Slavic Languages;

    Sammanfattning : In this study of Lev Shestov, the biographical method is used to explain his philosophy. The grave crisis or nervous breakdown Shestov went through caused a total transformation of his - convictions and values. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Förtvivlade läsningar : Litteratur som motstånd och läsning som etik

    Författare :Elisabeth Hjort; Elena Namli; Stefan Jonsson; Franzén Carin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; literature; essentialist identities; gender; class; norms for mental functions; ethnicity; deconstruction; deconstruction; oppression; resistance; reading; responsibility; ethical practice; despair; Drömfakulteten; Hevonen häst; Montecore; Personliga pronomen; Gayatri Spivak; Emmanuel Levinas; identity; the body; the human; the post-political; Skönlitteratur; läsning; motstånd; etik; essentialism; förtvivlan; kropp; identitet; det mänskliga; det postpolitiska; Etik; Ethics;

    Sammanfattning : This study has two aims and addresses two areas of investigation. The first aim is to examine, in four novels and their textual worlds, what role is played by collective self-images and essentialist identities in maintaining power structures in regard to gender, class, norms for mental functions, and ethnicity. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Self-harm - hovering between hope and despair : experiences and interactions in a health care context

    Författare :Britt-Marie Lindgren; Ulla Hällgren Graneheim; Sture Åström; Agneta Berg; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; discursive psychology; experiences; hope; hopelessness; interactions; narratives; phenomenological hermeneutics; psychiatric nursing; qualitative content analysis; self-harm; berättelser; diskurspsykologi; fenomenologisk hermeneutik; hopp; hopplöshet; interaktion; kvalitativ innehållsanalys; psykiatrisk omvårdnad; självskada; upplevelser; omvårdnadsforskning med medicinsk inriktning; Caring Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Background The definition of self-harm used in this project is repeated, impulsive behaviour causing tissue damage, yet not intended as a suicide attempt. Instead of wishing to die, the person who self-harms wishes to be relieved from anxiety. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Automation and the Consequences of Occupational Decline

    Författare :Sofia Hernnäs; Georg Graetz; Per-Anders Edin; Sebastian Findeisen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; technological change; automation; routine-biased technological change; skill prices; skill bundling; occupations; inequality; health; death of despair; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Essay I. Automation affects workers because it affects the return to their skills when performing different tasks. I propose a general equilibrium model of occupational choice and technological change which takes two important labor market features into account: (i) automation happens to tasks and (ii) workers have bundled skills. LÄS MER