Sökning: "western humanism"

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  1. 1. Sentient Objects — A Theoretical Analysis of the Potential of Animals as Legal Subjects

    Magister-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Författare :Alice Edfast; [2023-04-26]
    Nyckelord :Jurisprudence; Legal theory; The legal subject; Legal personhood; The person-thing dichotomy; Animal Law theory; Animal sentience; Animal slaughter; Animal testing; Legal rights; Hohfeld’s fundamental legal conceptions; Speciesism; Humanism; Posthumanism; Greimas’ semiotic square;

    Sammanfattning : The sentience of animals has been scientifically proven since the nineteenth century, which has led to changes in our attitude towards animals and to the proliferation of anti-cruelty laws. But despite the rise of an Animal Law discipline, animal rights organisations’ attempting to elevate the legal status of animals, and several recent European legislative changes categorising animals as “non-things”, the legal status of a person has not yet been extended to animals. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Evil Monsters and Machines : A Techno-Orientalist Perspective on Threat Perception in the United Kingdom

    Master-uppsats, Försvarshögskolan

    Författare :Lisa Bergsten; [2021]
    Nyckelord :techno-orientalism; orientalism; security; threat perception; United Kingdom; China; discourse analysis; poststructuralism;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis looks at the construction of China as a security threat in the United Kingdom, through the theoretical lens of techno-Orientalism. The main argument is that techno-Orientalist ideas influence the Western perception of China as a security threat, which leads to the creation of certain fears regarding China which affects the identity creation of both the United Kingdom and China. LÄS MER

  4. 3. "Why Did I Live"

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Författare :Tora Åsling; [2020]
    Nyckelord :Mary Shelley; Meredith Ann Pierce; Humanism; Posthumanism; Anthropocentrism; Speciesism; Artificial Life; Languages and Literatures;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis studies how Mary Shelley and Meredith Ann Pierce criticise Western patriarchal societies through the depiction of the creation of artificial life. The thesis discusses how Shelley and Pierce’s critique consequently includes a critique of Humanism, since the school of thought had a pivotal role in the formation of the civilizational model of these Western societies. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Religionskunskap i ett sekularistiskt samhälle : En ämnesdidaktisk studie om religionskunskapens utmaningar

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Författare :Julia Söder; [2019]
    Nyckelord :Swedish religious education; secular; secularism; neutral; objective; non-confessional; religion; pluralism; curriculum; svensk religionskunskap; sekulär; sekularism; neutral; objektiv; icke-konfessionell; religion; pluralism; läroplan;

    Sammanfattning : This paper aims to present and examine the discourses of religious education in Sweden. Previous studies argue that there is a secularist discourse in Sweden however, one can question whether the secularist discourse is neutral of all religious traditions. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Demokrati – så länge den är bekväm : En diskursanalytisk studie över den process som formade både dagens skollag SFS 2010:800 och Gymnasieskolans läroplan Gy11.

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Författare :Joel Bygg; [2018]
    Nyckelord :Curriculum; Discourse; Michel Foucault; Chabal; Daloz; Social Science; Teaching; Core values; Epistemology; Law; Läroplan; Diskurs; Michel Foucault; Chabal; Daloz; Kulturell mening; Ämnesplan; Demokratiuppdrag; Värdegrund; Epistemologi;

    Sammanfattning : The Swedish curriculum for the upper secondary school has been through a major change in the new corriculom that came in 2011 together with the new law concerning the Swedish schoolsystem (SFS 2010:800). The process behind these documents has been the main purpose and goal of this study. LÄS MER