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  1. 16. Oscariansk antropologi : Exotism, förhistoria och rasforskning som vetenskaplig människosyn

    Författare :Olof Ljungström; Jenny Beckman; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of science and ideas; anthropology; archaeology; ethnography; ethnology; history of science; prehistory; typology; physical anthropology; craniology; anthropometrics; racial science; race. Aryan supremacy; comparative method; 19th century; Sweden; Germany; biology; geography; linguistics; Idé- och lärdomshistoria; History of science and ideas; Idé- o lärdomshistoria; idé- och lärdomshistoria; History Of Sciences and Ideas;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a study of anthropological research in 19th century Sweden. Its point of departure is the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography, founded in 1873. LÄS MER

  3. 17. Vid vetandets gräns : om skiljelinjen mellan naturvetenskap och metafysik i svensk kulturdebatt 1870-1920

    Författare :Kjell Jonsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Limits of Science; Science and Belief; Scientific World View; Positivism; Materialism; Idealism; Metaphysics; 19th-20th Century Sweden; History of Science; History of Ideas;

    Sammanfattning : The object of this dissertation is to describe the opinions about the limits of natural science in their social and cultural context There exist two antagonistic positions to this matter restrictionism and expansionism. Restrictionism assumes that the natural sciences have no influence on metaphysics. LÄS MER

  4. 18. The green shadow of Christ : a reception-exegetical study of Jesus and Pan in the gospel of Mark

    Författare :David Wiljebrand; Karin Neutel; Mikael Tellbe; David Horrell; Sylvia Keesmaat; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Gospel of Mark; Pan; Ecological Hermeneutics; eco-critisism; reception exegesis; agrarian culture; agrarianism; imperial ideology; pastoral poetry; Greco-Roman religion; nature discourses; Satan; demonology; Environmental History; nya testamentets exegetik; New Testament Exegesis;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates presentations of Jesus in the gospel of Mark, mainly chapter 6 and 9, in the light of the juxtaposition of Christ and the Greek nature god Pan. This juxtaposition recurs in the reception history of Pan in Western European culture. LÄS MER

  5. 19. The Book of Hours of Johannete Ravenelle and the Parisian Book Illumination Around 1400

    Författare :Eva Lq Sandgren; Susie Nash; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Art history; Illumination of Books and Manuscripts; Miniature Painting; Painting; Gothic; Book Production; Medieval; Artists’ workshops; Illuminators; Books of Hours; Manuscript Design; Art Patronage; Jean de France; duc de Berry; Johannete Ravenelle; late 14th Century; 1390–1410; the Master of BN fr. 159; Uppsala university Library ms UUB C 517e; Petites Heures de Jean de Berry BN lat. 18014 ; Iconography; Konstvetenskap; Art; Konstvetenskap; Konstvetenskap; History of Art;

    Sammanfattning : Within the French book of hours C 517e in the manuscript collection of the University Library in Uppsala, the name of the owner, Johannete Ravenelle, appears in a prayer. Examination of the decoration, miniatures and texts demonstrates that ms C 517e is consistent with Parisian art and books of hours around 1400. LÄS MER

  7. 20. No limits : the 20th century discourse of economic growth

    Författare :Eva Friman; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; economic growth; growth discourse; development discourse; history of economics; environmental economics; ecological economics; ecomodernism; modernist economic ethos; narrative; power of language; limits to growth;

    Sammanfattning : The breakthrough of the concept of economic growth in economics marks a paradigm shift in thinking about the economy and its place in 'reality.' This thesis analyzes the 20th century discourse of economic growth, focusing its unlimited connotations. The thesis consists of four case studies, two introductory parts and a concluding dis­cussion. LÄS MER