Sökning: "religious history"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 302 uppsatser innehållade orden religious history.

  1. 1. Arabisk vår, men kom demokratin in i värmen?

    L2-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Amanda Roeck Hansen; Frida Rosenblad; [2024]
    Nyckelord :The Arab Spring; Egypt; Tunisia; democracy; democratization.; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : The Arab Spring broke out in the MENA-region in 2011 in the guise of a series of mass protests demanding political and regime change. The rebellion was triggered by a long period of autocratic rule which for the region’s citizens had meant social injustice, economic complications, oppression and lack of political and human rights. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Helgonet med ett hundhuvud,en symbol-analys av Sankt Kristoffer : En djupdykning i meningen med forntida monster i ett kristet sammanhang

    Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Religionshistoria

    Författare :Alexander Nesi; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Saint Christopher; dogheaded; cynocephali symbolism; christianity; orthodox; saint; old testament; bible; esotericism; symbolic analysis; armenia; synaxarion; the golden legend; Sankt Kristoffer; hundhuvud; cynocephalus; symbolik; kristendom; ortodox; helgon; gamla testamentet; bibeln; esoterisk; symbolanalys; armenien; synaxarion; den gyllene legenden;

    Sammanfattning : This essay studies the historical phenomenon of dog-headed men (cynocephaly) andSaint Christopher who is in eastern-orthodox iconography depicted as a dog headedman. The study argues that a symbolic and phenomenological perspective is preferredto understand mythical figures with “unnatural” depictions. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Döden lockar med färgrika drömmar : Kapitalistisk realism i The Road och Another Now

    Kandidat-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper

    Författare :Peter Eriksson; Elliot Burman; [2024]
    Nyckelord :The Road; Cormac McCarthy; Another Now; Yanis Varouvakis; capitalism; capitalist realism; neoliberalism; end of history; future; hope; ideology; marxism; utopianism; utopia; dystopia; optical democracy; Ernst Bloch; Fredric Jameson; postmodernism; post-apocalyptic; The Road; Another Now; Cormac McCarthy; Gianis Varoufakis; kapitalism; kapitalistisk realism; nyliberlism; historiens slut; framtid; hopp; ideologi; marxism; utopianism; utopi; dystopi; optisk demokrati; Ernst Bloch; Fredric Jameson; postmodernism; postapokalyptisk;

    Sammanfattning : I denna uppsats undersöker vi hur kapitalistisk realism, så som formulerat av Mark Fisher, uttrycks i två samtida romaner: The Road (2006) av Cormac McCarthy och Another Now (2021) av Gianis Varoufakis. Vi undersöker även romanernas relation till hopp och använder Ernst Blochs idéer i ämnet. LÄS MER

  5. 4. "Där det skedde något riktigt ont, där var Djävulen med." : En kvalitativ folkloristisk studie om djävulssägner i Karlstad stift mellan åren ca. 1870-1950.

    Kandidat-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Författare :Marcus Andersson; [2024]
    Nyckelord :the devil; folklore; religious history; Wolf-Knuts; folk beliefs; revival; 19th century; 20th century; djävulen; folkloristik; religionshistoria; väckelse; folktro; Wolf-Knuts; 1800-tal; 1900-tal;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis addresses devil beliefs in Karlstad diocese during the years ca. 1870-1950. The aim of thethesis is to shed light on devil tales that were told during the above-mentioned timeframe with thetheoretical framework of Ulrika Wolf-Knuts’s devil genres. LÄS MER

  7. 5. "En dagstidning i betong" : en studie av den samtida receptionen av Siri Derkerts Ristningar i naturbetong (1965) på Östermalmstorgs tunnelbanestation i Stockholm

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Linda Wigers; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Art History; Siri Derkert; Östermalmstorg; art criticism; discourse analysis; reception aesthetics; public art; public transport art; Stockholm subway art; Swedish 1960’s;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to analyse the contemporary art critical reception of Siri Derkert’s Ristningar i naturbetong (translates to Engravings in natural concrete) (1965) at the metro station of Östermalmstorg in central Stockholm, and further contextualising the reception within the art debate of modern and public art in 1960’s Sweden. Using linguist Norman Fairclough’s three step-discourse analysis as both methodological and theoretical starting points, combined with art historian Wolfgang Kemp's reception aesthetics, archived newspaper articles, principally from the year 1965, are read and analysed in the study. LÄS MER