Sökning: "witch hunts"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 10 uppsatser innehållade orden witch hunts.

  1. 1. En upp-och-nedvänd värld : Häxor i konsten från förmodern tid till idag

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Hilda Stenshäll; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Art history; painting; renaissance; Albrecht Dürer; Hans Baldung Grien; The Preraphaelites; John William Waterhouse; Luis Falero; contemporary art; Alejandra Hernández; Jesse Jones; performance; witches; goddesses;

    Sammanfattning : This essay aims to examine what the figure of the witch as a motif in art has looked like and how it has changed through history. The study focuses on witches in the iconography of the renaissance, the 19th century and contemporary art. LÄS MER

  3. 2. ”Kvinnohat eller Trolldom?” : En jämförande studie om häxprocessen och nåjder i Sverige.

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Författare :Daniel Petersson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Witch-hunts; Scandinavia; Sami; Shamanism; Witch-tails; Sweden; Häxjakten; Skandinavien; Samer; Schamanism; Häxprocessen; Sverige;

    Sammanfattning : As the era of Christianity is taking a firm foothold of Europe and Scandinavia during the late 1500s and early 1600s. The prosecution, accusations, and pure terror against anyone who did not fit the mold of a true Christian was faced with doubt, suspicion, and allegations of being in a pact with the Devil. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Achievements of the Rational : A comparative argumentation analysis of witch hunts and conspiracy theories

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Emil Björk; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Rationality; Debate; Vocabulary; Human achievement; Normative development; QAnon; Witch hunts;

    Sammanfattning : According to philosopher Richard Rorty, rational debate and reasoning has limited impact on normative development of society. This seems to be at odds with modern design of democratic institutions, which are built to facilitate rational debate. Through a comparative study of two cases, the present paper examines Rorty’s theory. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Witch hunts and the intersections of gender, age and class : A feminist analysis on the Western European witch hunts in the 16th and 17th century.

    Magister-uppsats, Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Författare :Bente de Koeijer; [2022]
    Nyckelord :gendered ageism; witch hunts; femicide; lookism; marxist feminism; women s history;

    Sammanfattning : Aim: The aim of this thesis is to elucidate the effects of gender, age, and class in witch hunts in the sixteenth and seventeenth century in Western Europe from a feminist perspective. It also aims to understand the perception of these witch hunts in our present society. It centers poor, old, women who were accused of witchcraft. LÄS MER

  7. 5. "Mine hips doth not bear false witness" : En undersökning av historiebruk och porträtteringen av medeltiden på sociala medier via #MedievalTikTok

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Författare :Maja Svensson; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Middle ages; Netnography; Social Media; TikTok; Use of History.; Historiebruk; Medeltiden; Netnografi; Sociala medier; TikTok.;

    Sammanfattning : This essay aim to study the hashtag and trend #MedievalTikTok, popular on the TikTok mobileapplication starting late summer 2020. The trend will get looked at through concepts like use of history (historiebruk). Some of the main ways the trend uses history is for entertainment, socialization and commercialization. LÄS MER