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Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 39 avhandlingar innehållade orden history of civilization.
16. Den allrakäraste fienden : Svenska stereotyper i finländsk press 1918-1939
Sammanfattning : This thesis studies stereotypes of Sweden and Swedishness in the Finnish press 1918–1939. It maps the genealogy of the images and analyzes the use of stereotypes. In newly independent Finland, the press conveyed debates about national values and political goals. LÄS MER
17. Herodotus and the Origins of Political Philosophy : The Beginnings of Western Thought from the Viewpoint of its Impending End
Sammanfattning : This investigation proposes a historical theory of the origins of political philosophy. It is assumed that political philosophy was made possible by a new form of political thinking commencing with the inauguration of the first direct democracies in Ancient Greece. LÄS MER
18. Indien som utopi och verklighet : Om den teosofiska rörelsens bidrag till indisk utbildning och politik 1879-1930
Sammanfattning : This thesis aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of the political ambitions and actions of the Theosophical Society within the emerging nationalist movement in India during 1879-1930.Different theoretical perspectives have been applied depending on the historical context, and Ludwik Fleck’s theory of thought collectives and thought styles served as a general frame for interpreting the movement’s actions and developmentA central concern in this study has been the attempt to explain how a numerically small movement with its roots in the West could come to have political influence in India for a period of time. LÄS MER
19. Colonizing Fever : Race and Media Cultures in Late Nineteenth-Century Sweden
Sammanfattning : The dissertation focuses on visual representations of the colonial world in late nineteenth-century Sweden. Situated at the intersection between postcolonial studies, visual culture studies and cultural histories of media, the study has a threefold aim. LÄS MER
20. Oreda i skapelsen : Kvinnligt och manligt i Svenska kyrkan under 1920- och 1930-talen
Sammanfattning : Creation's Disorder. Femininity and Masculinity in the Church of Sweden during the 1920s and 1930s seeks to call attention to and analyze conceptions of and reasoning about women and men, the female and the male, at play in a broad range of Swedish Church materials from the 1920s and 1930s. LÄS MER
