Sökning: "state fantasy"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden state fantasy.
1. From Frontline to Homefront : The Global Homeland in Contemporary U.S. War Fiction
Sammanfattning : Criticized for providing a simplified depiction of a post-9/11 United States, contemporary American “War on Terror” fiction has been largely neglected by critical discourse. In this dissertation, I argue that this fiction offers a vital engagement with how the War on Terror is waged, and how the fantasies and policies of the Global Homeland inform it. LÄS MER
2. Omöjliga familjen : Ideologi och fantasi i svensk reproduktionspolitik
Sammanfattning : The relationship between the state and the people is a central theme in political theory. Discussions in this field have often centered on how a people can come to constitute a state. Less attention, however, has been directed toward the state’s role in constituting and recreating its people. LÄS MER
3. The Ambassador's Letter : On the Less Than Nothing of Diplomacy
Sammanfattning : The principal aim of this dissertation is to answer the age-old question What is diplomacy? But this study approaches the question in what might, on first look, appear oblique. By employing Slavoj Žižek’s reworked notion of Ideologiekritik with respect to the history, science, and artistic explorations of diplomacy, this work begins by extracting three of its essential problems: the name, death, and representation. LÄS MER
4. A Nationalism of Good Intentions : Dilemmas of inclusion and exclusion
Sammanfattning : The dissertation analyses ethical aspects of nationalism and criticizes the nation-state paradigm. Based on theories that concern various forms of 'benign' nationalism, the dissertation explores fantasies of inclusion with the help of various 'positions'. LÄS MER
5. Nöjesläsare och analytiska texttolkare : Empiriska perspektiv på läsarattityder och litterär kompetens hos svenska 18-åringar
Sammanfattning : AbstractNordberg, Olle (2014) Nöjesläsare och analytiska texttolkare. Empiriska perspektiv på läsarattityder och litterär kompetens hos svenska 18-åringar. Uppsala University, Sweden This thesis discusses the literary reading of Swedish teenagers in the digital era, with a focus on literary competence and attitudes. LÄS MER