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181	An interrogation of morality, power and plurality as evidenced in superhero comic books: a postmodernist perspective Herman, Janique Luschan Vogl January 2013 (has links) The desire for heroes is a global and cultural phenomenon that gives a view into society’s very heart. There is no better example of this truism than that of the superhero. Typically, Superheroes, with their affiliation to values and morality, and the notion of the grand narratives, should not fit well into postmodernist theory. However, at the very core of the superhero narrative is the ideal of an individual creating his/her own form of morality, and thus dispensing justice as the individual sees fit in resistance to metanarrative’s authoritarian and restrictive paradigms. This research will explore Superhero comic books, films, videogames and the characters Superman, Spider-Man and Batman through the postmodernist conceptions of power, plurality, and morality.
182	Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy : An analysis of race, prejudice, and class in the Harry Potter novels. / Harry Potter och Draco Malfoy : En analys av ras, fördom, och klass i Harry Potter romanerna. Kalogeropoulou, Konstantina January 2020 (has links) This essay explores how in the Harry Potter series, J. K. Rowling's magical heroes function asparadigms whose roles reflect on issues of race, prejudice and racism. Those issues include goodand evil, socialism and aristocracy, purity and impurity, freedom and indebtedness. This essayfocuses on showing how those themes are reflected and confronted in the dipole between HarryPotter and Draco Malfoy. Additionally, the Critical Race Theory, a theory that examines howculture uses and assorts power and race in society, is implemented to show how race andprejudice are reflected in the magical world. By further analyzing Harry and Draco's upbringingand social milieus in relation to the theme of good vs. evil, the development of these characters ispresented in response to their contrasting surroundings. The paper concludes that thesecharacters evolve in the final novels and make conscious choices to achieve the common causeof defying evil, despite their opposing backgrounds. / Denna uppsats utforskar hur J. K. Rowlings magiska hjältar, i Harry Potter-serien, fungerar somen paradigm vars roller reflekterar frågor kring ras, fördomar och rasism. Dessa frågor inkluderargott och ont, socialism och aristokrati, renhet och orenhet, frihet och skuldsättning. Dennauppsats fokuserar på att visa hur dessa teman reflekteras och konfronteras i dipolen mellan HarryPotter och Draco Malfoy. Dessutom implementeras Critical Race Theory, en teori somundersöker hur kultur använder och sorterar makt och ras i samhället, för att visa hur ras ochfördomar återspeglas i den magiska världen. Genom att ytterligare analysera Harry och Dracosuppväxt och sociala miljöer i förhållande till temat ’gott mot ont’, presenteras dessa karaktärersutveckling som ett resultat av kontrasterande omgivning. Uppsatsen drar slutsatsen att dessakaraktärer utvecklas i de sista romanerna och gör medvetna val för att uppnå det gemensammamålet till att bekämpa det onda, trots deras motsatta bakgrunder. J.K. Rowling Harry Potter Draco Malfoy Prejudice Race Racism Good vs. Evil Critical Race Theory J. K. Rowling Harry Potter Draco Malfoy Fördom Ras Rasism Gott mot Ont Critical Race Theory Languages and Literature Språk och litteratur
183	Stellt Kants Moralphilosophie eine „Ontologie des Intelligiblen“ dar?: Thomas Ludolf Meyer zum 55. Geburtstag Hiltscher, Reinhard 23 June 2020 (has links) An ontology of the intelligible world cannot explain the phenomenon of a „free will“, which is able to decide between good and evil. It follows that a Moralontologie also cannot explain an agents freely determining his actions as good or evil. info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/100 ddc:100
184	Narrative, Body and gaze; Representations of Action Heroines in Console Video Games and Gamer Subjectivity Reynolds, Katherine J. 29 May 2013 (has links) No description available. Gender Womens Studies American Studies Film Studies Gender Studies Glbt Studies Mass Media Digital studies femininity subjectivity video game heroines game studies lara croft gender sexuality bayonetta heroines console studies beyond good and evil bloodrayne postfeminism poststructuralism
185	Semiotics as a medium to convey the philosophy and psychology of evil in the Xitsonga translation of Macbeth Ndove, Mkhancane Daniel 06 1900 (has links) This thesis publicly displays the veracity of witchcraft and superstitious fables, which, many people believe to be irrational in nature. In this analysis, semiotics has been paraded in various versions from chapter to chapter-in order to illustrate the miscellaneous interpretations. The backbone of the investigation focuses on the philosophy and psychology of evil, a theoretical belief that is laid down by practical paradigms at the edge of each chapter. The point of departure of this investigation emanates from the Shakespearean literary work, Macbeth, which is popularly known for its inclusion of the witches in its illustration of the Scottish kingship. Therefore this thesis has adopted the practices of the witches and from there came out with what is commonly practiced by the Vatsonga people. Scotland, England, Germany and France of the 15th and 16th centuries were the countries best known as the most uncouthed centres for witchcraft and superstitions. Therefore leading stories from these European countries have made this project feasible. The study has leaked many of the unfounded stories about witchcraft and superstitions that were thought of as extraordinarily great but made real in this work. It has gone as far as windswept the kingship rites, coronation, the powers of the divine bones upon the anointed king, ritual ceremonies, causes of prosperity and failure, tales about stars, ghosts, reptiles, zombies and those hideous deeds that are not socially acceptable such as digging up of children's graves, convulsions, calling for rain, punishment meted out for a witch, prevention of adultery, changing oneself to a crocodile, rat, snake and many more stories. / African Languages / D. Litt. et Phil. (African Languages) Semiotics Philosophy Psychology Evil Kingship Coronation Throne Heirship Symbol Icon Convention Zodiac Motivation Expressive Conative Poetic Phatic Qualisign Sinsigns Soliloquy Analogue Context Message Emotive Cognitive 896.397822 Philosophy in literature Psychology in literature Semiotics and literature Translation as literary form Shakespeare, William, 1516-1616. Macbeth Good and evil
186	Semiotics as a medium to convey the philosophy and psychology of evil in the Xitsonga translation of Macbeth Ndove, Mkhancane Daniel 06 1900 (has links) This thesis publicly displays the veracity of witchcraft and superstitious fables, which, many people believe to be irrational in nature. In this analysis, semiotics has been paraded in various versions from chapter to chapter-in order to illustrate the miscellaneous interpretations. The backbone of the investigation focuses on the philosophy and psychology of evil, a theoretical belief that is laid down by practical paradigms at the edge of each chapter. The point of departure of this investigation emanates from the Shakespearean literary work, Macbeth, which is popularly known for its inclusion of the witches in its illustration of the Scottish kingship. Therefore this thesis has adopted the practices of the witches and from there came out with what is commonly practiced by the Vatsonga people. Scotland, England, Germany and France of the 15th and 16th centuries were the countries best known as the most uncouthed centres for witchcraft and superstitions. Therefore leading stories from these European countries have made this project feasible. The study has leaked many of the unfounded stories about witchcraft and superstitions that were thought of as extraordinarily great but made real in this work. It has gone as far as windswept the kingship rites, coronation, the powers of the divine bones upon the anointed king, ritual ceremonies, causes of prosperity and failure, tales about stars, ghosts, reptiles, zombies and those hideous deeds that are not socially acceptable such as digging up of children's graves, convulsions, calling for rain, punishment meted out for a witch, prevention of adultery, changing oneself to a crocodile, rat, snake and many more stories. / African Languages / D. Litt. et Phil. (African Languages) Semiotics Philosophy Psychology Evil Kingship Coronation Throne Heirship Symbol Icon Convention Zodiac Motivation Expressive Conative Poetic Phatic Qualisign Sinsigns Soliloquy Analogue Context Message Emotive Cognitive 896.397822 Philosophy in literature Psychology in literature Semiotics and literature Translation as literary form Shakespeare, William, 1516-1616. Macbeth Good and evil
187	Řada nešťastných příhod Lemony Snicketa a Harry Potter Joanne Rowlingové jako příklady současné angloamerické morální fantasy / Lemony Snicket´s Series of Unfortunate Events and Joan Rowling´s Harry Potter as Examples of Contemporary Anglo-American Moral Fantasy FRANKOVÁ, Nikola January 2018 (has links) The thesis deals with the interpretation of Series of Unfortunate Events written by an American author Lemony Snicket and Joanne K. Rowling´s story about Harry Potter. The analysis is focused on the moral and ethical aspects of individual motifs and symbols, as well as on the importance of human values in the behaviour of main characters. Some of the main protagonist were analysed according to their ability to spread good or evil, and therefore their influence on the young reader. The most important aspect was the good will of characters according to the principles of Lévinas' ethics while the self-sacrifice of the heroes is considered the highest moral value.
188	Člověk ve světle vědy / Human in the light of science Houdek, Tomáš January 2020 (has links) The paper thematizes the concept of science in mid- and late thinking of Friedrich Nietzsche in the context of his understanding of scientific cognition of both: human and its world. The study introduces the problem of science and cognition in general in connection with significant motives of Nietzsche's thinking: morality, the revaluation of all values, thinking and living "beyond good and evil", freedom, human body, the superhuman motive, ascetic ideals, and more. Emphasis is put on the problem of veracity in the context of Nietzsche's attitude to idealism. Keywords Human; Superhuman; Nietzsche; Moral Philosophy; Cognition; Truth; Error; Intelect; Body; The Will to Power; Drive and Instinct; Evolution; Idealism; Nihilism; Amor fati; Beyond Good and Evil; Freedom; Ascetic ideals
189	Text-parasiter : En tanke-vandring kring vår relation till texter och läsande / Text-parasites : A trail-of-thought around our relationship to texts and reading Frick, Linnea January 2019 (has links) This study explored the reading-subjects relationship to reading and texts, and if this relationship, through metaphors, could be compared to that of a parasite or a symbiosis. In other words the question that was asked was; can the reading-subjects relationship to the written text be compared to that of a parasite and it’s host, or is the relationship more similar to that of a symbiosis? The method for the study has been to find and compare different views on reading and text, that has been presented by a series of different theoreticians. The author’s whose work the study is based upon are Anders Johansson and his studies concerning “good” and “evil”, Martin Borgs work on propaganda and Iser Wolfgangs book The implied reader. The analysis is also based of the worldview presented by the characters in Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451. In conclusion, the parasitic and symbiotic metaphor, could be applied and seen in each off the works listed above, it is however not possible to fully say the relationship is closer to one or the other. Each text works in a network of other texts with all different background and intentions. To be able to fully understand the relationship – further studies must be made. Parasite Symbiosis Werther-effect Reading Good and Evil Fahrenheit 451 Relationship to reading Relationship to text Propaganda Implied Reader Parasit Symbios Werther-effekt Läsning Gott och Ont Fahrenheit 451 Relation till läsning Relation till text Propaganda Implicit läsare Humanities and the Arts Humaniora och konst General Literature Studies Litteraturvetenskap

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