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1. 36. Det aristoteliska historiebegreppet. Historieteori i renässansens Europa och Sverige

   Författare :Per Landgren; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Aristotelian concept of history; atemporal history; sequential concept of history; history as discipline; natural history; knowledge of particulars; natural philosophy; scientific knowledge; Aristotelian theory of science; dual structure of science; loci-method; true induction; axiom; intellectual instrumental habitus.;

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3. 37. Arbete till varje pris : Arbetslinjen i 1920-talets arbetslöshetspolitik

   Författare :Lena Eriksson; Klas Åmark; Jonny Hjelm; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; work approach; unemployment; relief work; norms; gender; implementation; social categorisation; History subjects; Historieämnen;

   Sammanfattning : When Sweden was hit by the massunemployment of the 1920s the preferred way of distributing the help to the unemployed was to engage them in publicly financed and run relief works. This dissertation investigates why the work approach made such a strong imprint on the Swedish unemployment policy. LÄS MER

4. 38. Sentiments of Segregation : The Emotional Politics of Apartheid in South Africa, c. 1948-1990

   Författare :Jagger Kirkby; Forskarskolan i historia; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; apartheid; history of emotions; South Africa; race and racism; cultural history; Segregation;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation studies the relationship between emotions and the everday application of apartheid in South Africa between 1948 and 1990. Histories of apartheid have long been politics-driven, focusing on the rise and fall of the regime with its reception being studied primarily through the lens of the popular struggle that, in part, led to apartheid’s downfall. LÄS MER

5. 39. Hembygd i samtid och framtid 1890-1930 : en museologisk studie av att bevara och förnya

   Författare :Maria Björkroth; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; community museum; museum; preservation of local environment; natural and cultural heritage; construction; modernity; youth movement; Norway; local history; didactic; Finland; Heimat; Germany; union between Sweden and Norway; hembygd; hembygdsvård; hembygdsforskning; hembygdskunskap; Dalarna;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with renewal on the foundation of the past, as this idea was elaborated in the establishment of community museums and care of the environmental landscape from the late 19th century to the 1930s. During that period the movement of taking care of nature, culture, and mankind increased and dispersed into national, regional and local organisations. LÄS MER

7. 40. 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