Sökning: "the nordic thought"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 avhandlingar innehållade orden the nordic thought.
1. Idioternas tid : Tankestilar inom den tidiga idiotskolan 1840 - 1872
Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is to increase our knowledge about the thinking of idiocy behind the formation of the first institutional schools for idiots in the Scandinavian countries. The source materials – publications, articles, documents, photos – has been studied and interpreted through a hermeneutic existential method. LÄS MER
2. Nordens Frihet : Samfundet, tidningen, kretsen
Sammanfattning : The thesis deals with "Samfundet Nordens Frihet" ['The Association Scandinavia’s Freedom'], its magazine with the same name, Nordens Frihet, and the circle that constituted the magazine’s editorial committee. Nordens Frihet was founded as a direct consequence of the outbreak of the Finnish Winter War on November 30 1939 and was a very active part of the Swedish Finland Movement. LÄS MER
3. Baltic-Finns and Scandinavians : Comparative-Historical Linguistics and the Early History of the Nordic Region
Sammanfattning : The study investigates how the early nineteenth century invention of comparative-historical linguistics affected European ethnohistoric thought, and how this process altered ethnohistorical research on the early, pre-Christian history of the Nordic region. The case study of the Nordic region (Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Estonia) includes the discipline histories of Finno-Ugric studies, linguistics and the larger field of intellectual history. LÄS MER
4. Att inventera ett folk. Populariseringar av vetenskaplig släktforskning i Sverige i början av 1900-talet
Sammanfattning : This licentiate-thesis aims to describe and analyse the popularisation of what was called “scientific genealogy” in Sweden during the early 20th century. The study is constructed around two case-studies where I describe and analyse two different attempts to popularise “scientific genealogy” amongst Swedish amateur family-researchers, a knowledge-practise first formulated by the Historian Ottokar Lorenz in 1898. LÄS MER
5. How partisan emotions and negativity shape our politics : examining affective polarization in the Nordic region
Sammanfattning : Political polarization has become one of the buzzwords of the 21st century political vocabulary. Several political and societal developments, such as the success of populist parties, negative discord on social media, and the smearing of political opponents, to name just a few, all get lumped together under the umbrella term of increased political polarization. LÄS MER