A secret service agent returns home to reconcile with his wife just as the Rapture begins. His scramble to reunite with her becomes all the more urgent when a violent cult begins terrorizing the city in its final hours

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:20:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Antonio Baptista Goncalves.pdf: 1008729 bytes, checksum: 3c81762d89808ba5bf435d6e8effaa44 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-09-30 / The matter involving Human Rights and religious (in) tolerance is in consonance with the current international scenario, and it counts on a number of examples: France and the crisis of the Lay State, Denmark and the Islamic intolerance, conflicts in Palestine and Israel, the use of veil in Turkey are just a few recent cases that raise the debate on religious freedom protection. To discuss the current problems would not be possible without a background of the relation that permeates the religious freedom with the emergence of human rights. Thus, matters involving religion blossom bringing with them their problematic and controversies and always drawing a parallel between religion and human rights we will present the relationship between religion with political power and the controversial church-state relationship. In a way that, the separation between Church and Estate will provide the study of our first issue: secularism and laic procedure. Religion has always used artifices to gather new believers and, therefore, we will deepen the study of the religious proselytism and the defense of multiculturalism and of minorities. Finally, we approach the delicate issue of fundamentalism and how religion has contributed negatively to originate terrorism. Moreover, we will also deal with countermeasures adopted by the Human Rights and which is the current relationship between religion and human rights / A questão que envolve os Diretos Humanos e a (in)tolerância religiosa está em plena consonância com o cenário internacional corrente, e exemplos não faltam: A França e a crise do Estado Laico, a Dinamarca e a intolerância islâmica, os conflitos na Palestina e em Israel, o uso do véu na Turquia são apenas alguns casos recentes que suscitam o debate acerca da proteção à liberdade religiosa. Discorrer sobre os problemas atuais não seria possível sem um recorte histórico da relação que permeia a liberdade religiosa com o próprio surgimento dos direitos humanos. Com isso, as questões que envolvem a religião florescem e com elas suas problemáticas e controvérsias e sempre traçando um paralelo entre religião e direitos humanos apresentaremos a relação da religião com o poder político e a controversa relação Estado-Igreja. De tal sorte que uma separação entre Estado e Igreja propiciará o estudo de nossa primeira problemática: a laicidade e o laicismo. A religião sempre usou de artifícios para amealhar novos fieis e, para tanto, aprofundaremos o estudo acerca do proselitismo religioso e a defesa de do multiculturalismo e da defesa das minorias. Por fim, adentraremos no delicado tema do fundamentalismo e como que a religião contribui negativamente para o aparecimento do terrorismo. Ademais, também traremos as contramedidas adotadas pelos Direitos humanos e qual a relação presente entre religião e defesa dos direitos humanos

Submitted by Nadir Basilio (nadirsb@uninove.br) on 2016-08-16T14:18:49Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Geraldo Prado Guimaraes Filho.pdf: 1145726 bytes, checksum: 835f682d5eac2c85a69606cc8ccc41b5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-16T14:18:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Geraldo Prado Guimaraes Filho.pdf: 1145726 bytes, checksum: 835f682d5eac2c85a69606cc8ccc41b5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-31 / This study aimed to evaluate what is the influence of the fanaticism in the purchase intention of hedonic products related to soccer. For that sought to understand the influence exercised by psychological connections identification and involvement and its relations with fanaticism. The method employed was exploratory and confirmatory quantitative analysis through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. The survey was conducted in the city of São Paulo through a structured questionnaire. The main findings were that fanaticism is a mediator between the identification and purchase intention of hedonic products which has the effect of enhancing the relationship between them in a very relevant way. It was also shown that engagement positively affects the identification and the identification positively affects fanaticism. Another proven mediator relation was that the identification mediates the relationship between engagement and fanaticism. / O presente trabalho tem como objetivo avaliar a influência exercida pelo fanatismo na intenção de compra de produtos hedônicos relacionados ao futebol. Para tanto buscou-se compreender a influência exercida pelas conexões psicológicas de identificação e envolvimento e suas relações com o fanatismo. O método empregado é quantitativo exploratório e confirmatório, desenvolvido a partir de análise fatorial exploratória e confirmatória e modelagem de equações estruturais. A pesquisa foi realizada na cidade de São Paulo e os dados foram colhidos por meio de questionário estruturado. Os principais resultados apontam que o fanatismo é mediador entre a identificação e a intenção de compra dos produtos hedônicos e o efeito é o de potencializar a relação entre eles de forma bastante relevante. Mostram, também, que o envolvimento afeta a identificação positivamente e que a identificação afeta positivamente o fanatismo. Outra relação mediadora comprovada é que a identificação media a relação entre envolvimento e fanatismo.

The main objective of this work, was to elaborate on the topic of Isabella I. of Castile. The main focus was an emphasis on historical facts, of which I derived from Czech and foreign literatures and historical compendiums. The first part describes the political and economic situation in the Ibe c y I b ' coronation. Further, I look at her biography with a focus on details that could testify about her character and personality. This section provides the basis and support for the second part of this thesis. Besides the historical books, I explore also studies in the field of psychology. In the second part I deal with the motives which led I b g g z d I' interested in her tendency to her fanatical behavior. The theme of the Spanish inquisition in this work occupies a marginal position. The whole work is written with the need to view Isabel from the most different ways. This is supported by typologies of her personality and her tendency to achieve her goals from her position. In conclusion, I summarize the thesis defense, which I had already set out in the introduction of this thesis. I wanted to defend this theory: "Isabela as the only one in the history of her family, was able to effectively complete the Reconquista. What helped her was - religious fanaticism, coupled with unusually strong internal...

My diploma thesis called Search of happiness in Voltaire's novels aims to analyse the theme of happiness in prose works Micromegas, L'Ingénu, Zadig and Candide. The analysis is preceded by an introduction showing the evolution of the theme of happiness through different historical periods. This theoretical part is also followed by a definition of philosophical novel as a typical Voltaire's way of expressing his philosophical thoughts. The analysis itself underlines common points of view found in the novels which all describe a world full of evil, disasters and misfortune. Good and honest heroes enter into this bad world and they struggle to find their place in the sun. Their nice personalities present a big contrast to the merciless world which surrounds them. The analysed examples from novels highlight major problems in Voltaire's time but a lot of parallels are found in today's world. I systematically pay attention to these parallels throughout the diploma. The analysis leads to the description of incorrigibly bad world, where only small islands of happiness can be found represented by friendship and love. We can only deal with such a life thanks to a meaningful activity which can make it bearable. The philosopher's approach to the theme which still captures people's attention is evaluated in the...

Ce travail de recherche porte sur l’engagement des supporters de football ultras. La plupart des recherches sur les supporters de football dégagent deux modèles de supportérisme« extrême » par rapport au supportérisme traditionnel : le modèle anglais (hooligans) et le modèle italien avec les groupes de supporters ultras. Ces derniers sont constitués en association de loi 1901 dont les membres les plus actifs sont très majoritairement des jeunes hommes de 15 à 30 ans. Leur manière de supporter repose sur une culture partisane et des activités propres (réalisation d’animations sur l’ensemble de la tribune, recours à des chants et des gestuelles spécifiques, utilisation d’engins pyrotechniques, organisation de déplacements,etc.). Cette recherche propose une étude détaillée du processus de constitution du collectif qu’est le groupe ultra et de son fonctionnement, à travers l’angle de la sociologie de la déviance et des notions de « sous-culture » (codes, règles, langage) ou celle de « carrière »(structure hiérarchisée, différents statuts, réputation). Mais l’objectif de ce travail est de dépasser une lecture monographique qui s’en tiendrait à la seule étude du fonctionnement interne du groupe ultra. Cette recherche s’inscrit ainsi dans une conception interactionniste de la déviance qui nécessite d’analyser l’action des déviants – celle des ultras - mais aussi celledes personnes qui réagissent à cette déviance, en l’occurrence celles des agents des services répressifs ou chargés de la sécurité des stades. Ce travail se propose de décrire et d’analyser les interactions entre les ultras, les groupes de supporters « adverses » et les acteurs de la sécurité (policiers, stadiers, directeurs de sécurité des stades) en privilégiant une ethnographie des situations et une description détaillée des pratiques sociales des ultras. En développant« une perspective en terme de monde social » (Strauss) nous nous efforçons d’appréhender le spectacle des ultras comme une production collective, sans cesse négociée et ré-ajustée par rapport à celle des autres acteurs et institutions publiques. Cette perspective permet également de travailler la façon dont les pratiques sociales et « culturelles » des ultras sont affectées notamment par le processus de criminalisation des supporters de football : les supporters ultras sont, en effet, devenus des « délinquants de stades » et la police s’est spécialisée dans la lutte contre ce phénomène sportif et urbain. Les supporters sont désormais surveillés,identifiés, fichés, parfois « interdits de stade » ou incarcérés. Dans le cadre de cette recherche,nous avons suivi l’évolution de ce monde contraint de s’ajuster et de s’adapter à ces différentes évolutions. L’objet de cette recherche est de décrire les processus sociaux qui traversent au quotidien le monde des ultras et qui provoquent sa segmentation et fragmentation en plusieurs « sous-mondes » (celui des interdits de stades, des supporters« indépendants » etc.). En mobilisant les outils descriptifs et analytiques de la sociologie interactionniste qualitative, ce travail entend prolonger la discussion avec les Culturals Studies, dont les travaux ont historiquement alimenté la majorité des travaux sur le supportérisme.Cette recherche repose sur un travail de terrain ethnographique mené par observation participante, principalement parmi les supporters ultras stéphanois – les Green Angels et les Magic fans-, et par entretiens semi-directifs auprès d’ultras et d’acteurs de la sécurité(policiers, stadiers, etc.) en France et à l’étranger. Elle s’appuie aussi sur l’analyse de nombreux documents indigènes, d’articles de presse et mobilise la photo-ethnographie. / This work of research deals with the ultras football fans' engagement. Most of there searches about football fans reach two models of "extreme" sports fanaticism in comparison with the traditional sports fanaticism: the English model (hooligans) and the Italian one with the ultra supporters' groups. The latter are formed in association under the French Law of 1901, which the most active members are predominantly young men between 15 and 30 years old. Their way of supporting is based on a partisan culture and own activities (creation of activities in the whole terraces, resort to songs and specific gestures, use of pyrotechnic devices, organisation of travels, etc.).This research proposes a detailed study of the creation process of the collective that forms the ultra group and its functioning, through the sociology angle of the deviance and the"subculture" notions (codes, rules, language) or the one of the "career" (ranked structure,different status, reputation). Nevertheless, the objective of this work is to go beyond amonographic reading that would just give a study of the internal functioning of the ultragroup. This research falls within an interactionist conception of the deviance which requests an analysis of the deviants' action - the ultras' one - but also the one of the persons who reactto this deviance, in this case, the action of the law enforcement officers or the agents in charge of the stadium security. This work aims to describe and analyse the interactions between the ultras, the "opposing" supporters groups and the security actors (policemen, football stewards,stadium security directors) by favouring an ethnography of situations and a detailed description of the ultras' social practices. By developing " a perspective in terms of social world" (Strauss) we endeavour to comprehend the ultras' show as a collective production,always negotiated and readjusted in relation to the one of the other actors and the public institutions. This viewpoint also enables to work on the way the ultras' social and "cultural"practices are affected notably by the process of the football supporters' criminalisation: the ultra supporters became, in fact, the "stadium delinquents" and police get specialised in the struggle against this sportive and urban phenomenon. The supporters are now kept undersurveillance, identified, filed, and sometimes "stadium banned" or incarcerated. As part of this research, we have followed the evolution of this world forced to fit and to adapt itself to different developments. The purpose of this research is to describe the social processes that go through the ultras' world and causes its segmentation and fragmentation in several "subworlds"(the stadium banned's one, the "independent" supporters' one, etc.). Mobilising the descriptive and analytical tools of the qualitative interactionist sociology, this research aims to extend the discussion with the Culturals Studies, which works have historically fed most ofthe studies about the sports fanaticism. This research rests upon an ethnographic field work driven by participant observation,principally among the ultra supporters from Saint-Etienne - the Green Angels and the Magic fans -, and by semi-structured interviews with ultras and security actors (policemen, stewards,etc.) in France and abroad. It is also based on the analysis of numerous native documents,press articles and mobilise the photo-ethnography.

Ce projet de thèse de doctorat, portant sur Les religions de l’Antiquité classique dans l’œuvre de Voltaire : réception et instrumentalisation, vise à mettre en perspective la démarche critique dont procède Voltaire pour dénoncer les abus de la religion. Bien qu’elles soient dépréciées au XVIIIe siècle, et loin d’être données comme modèle à imiter, les religions de l’Antiquité sont utilisées par le philosophe des Lumières en tant que témoignages dans un cadre philosophique contemporain. C’est dire qu’elles sont délibérément instrumentalisées dans la mesure où elles lui servent de contre-exemples référentiels dans son combat idéologique contre l’extrémisme outrancier des grandes religions monothéistes : judaïsme, christianisme et islam. Investies au profit d’une fin polémique, elles constituent pour Voltaire le principal argument dans sa lutte philosophique contre les idées fallacieuses des religions modernes et les dérives qui peuvent en découler. Aussi conviendra-t-il de replacer ses références aux religions grecque et romaine dans le contexte culturel du XVIIIe siècle sur la base de la polémique philosophique des Lumières et du triomphe de l’esprit nouveau sur les crédulités anciennes. Quoiqu’il procède par une étude comparative et critique des religions de l’Antiquité classique, Voltaire cherche à relativiser les prétentions universalistes du christianisme contemporain. / This doctoral research proposal investigates The Reception and Instrumentalisation of Classical Religions in Voltaire’s Philosophy. Its aim is to contextualise the critical approach used by Voltaire to attack the negative effects of religion. Other 18th Century writers did not see the merit of ancient religions, nor see them as a worthy ideal, but Voltaire discussed them in order to probe the philosophical questions of his time. He did so deliberately, using them as points of reference and counter examples in his ideological fight against the brazen extremism of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Indeed, the ancient religions are Voltaire’s main argument in his polemical struggle against the false notions and corrupting effects of the monotheistic religions. Should Voltaire’s references to the Greek and Roman religions be situated in the cultural context of the 18th Century? Given the Enlightenment’s polemic philosophy and the triumph of the new spirit of rationality over ancient superstition, this may prove fruitful. Although his approach is to compare and critique the religions of Classical Antiquity, Voltaire seeks to put the universal pretensions of contemporary Christianity into perspective.

The position of the Roman Catholic Church to Islamic extremism Abstract The present thesis deals with the attitude of the Pope, those spiritual state performing the function in individual institutions of the Holy See, theologians and a selected group of people from the Czech general public Roman Catholic Church to religious extremism, focusing on the ultimate form of extremism - terrorism - of individuals or groups espousing to Islam. Since religious extremism often associated with fundamentalism, radicalism and fanaticism, is the first chapter to analyze the basic characteristics of these concepts, with the emphasis on analyzing the meaning and essence of their grasp. A comparison of them found what they have in common and what they are different. Following the above leads to analysis of how extremism reflect the religious and intellectual personalities of islam, with attached description and comparison of the attitudes of these figures, and militant-minded muslims to the jihad by the sword "al-džihád bi̕ s-sajf". In connection with this armed form of jihad work briefly compares the concept of martyrdom in islam and the roman catholic church and the result in the summary analyses. It is also a brief look into the history of religious extremism, as an integral part of the development of Christianity and...