Modernismens storhetstankar om mänsklighetens obegränsade kapacitet har gjort den postmoderna människan smärtsamt medveten om mänsklighetens begränsningar. Medvetenheten förvandlar bland annat den problemfria semestern till en moralisk terräng. Valet av semester anses påverka både resenären och värddestinationen. I denna undersökning söks en förståelse för samtida moraliskt resande genom att studera volontärresans arrangemang och volontärresenärers upplevelser. Teorier som behandlar kulturell identitet, turismens kultur, den postmoderna resenären samt moraliskt resande och hållbar turismutveckling kopplas till empiri grundad på djupintervjuer med volontärresenärer samt representanter från två olika volontärresearrangörer. Analysen av undersökningen leder fram till att volontärresan förstärker individens kulturella identitet, samt att den kommersiella volontärresan är ett bättre alternativ än den ideella. Eftersom den kommersiella arrangören fokuserar mer på den postmoderna individens personliga utveckling, och arrangeras den kommersiella volontärresan utifrån värddestinationens krav kan det tänkas att både värdsamhället och volontärresenären tillfredställs. Volontärresenären reser lika mycket för att göra en god gärning via volontärarbetet som för att finna sig själv.

The purpose of this paper is to determine the degree of uniformity in the narrative roles that male and female characters carry out in the relationships in El adulterio como vocacion y otros cuentos (2012), a collection of six short stories written by the Spanish author and journalist Juan José Millás. The analysis is based on the theory of narrative roles, developed by the French literary scholar Claude Bremond in Logique du récit (1973). The analysis concludes that even though some recurrences can be discerned, the two sexes do not have fixed roles throughout the stories. In the first three stories the women tend to be degraders and beneficiaries, while the men shoulder the role of a victim. In the last two stories of the book this situation is reversed. The fourth story differs somewhat from the rest, since both man and woman are mainly beneficiaries.

My project is an examination of the concept of authenticity, as it is problematized in the works of Philip K. Dick; specifically, in his Hugo Award-winning The Man in the High Castle (1962) and in his best-selling novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968). Dick believes that authenticity is essential for human existence, but finds the concept problematized by technologies which make possible increasingly perfect reproductions and replications, as well as by the effect these technologies have on the human subject. Furthermore, these technologies are linked to the economic mode of advanced consumerism.<p>Taking my lead from Fredric Jameson and the contributors to the journal Science-Fiction Studies, I view Dick's work as a form of cultural criticism, and an engagement with postmodernism. In this light, the problem of authenticity in Dick's work is revealed as symptomatic of his criticism of mass, consumer culture. My thesis therefore becomes an examination of Dick's relationship to postmodernism, with a special focus on how that relationship affects his dealings with the idea of authenticity.

This thesis was undertaken to explore the philosophical principles elaborated by Mary Parker Follett (1868-1933) and to examine their relevance in the contemporary workplace. The contention within this thesis was that concepts Follett expounded bear close resemblance to postmodern notions of organizing; juxtaposition of Follettian and postmodern philosophy and a postmodern take on research methodology add credence to the contention and allowed the researcher to examine the practical relevance of the notions explored. A case study within a manufacturing company provided the venue for the practical exploration of Follett's ideas. The original intent of the researcher to conduct focus groups interviews, which would lead to a contextually relevant survey instrument, was changed by the participants. Observation and interviews, which the employees of SEI preferred, allowed an examination of several of the most important of Follett's ideas: "power-with" rather than "power-over"; the "law of the situation"; democratic "small group government"; integration as a more favourable manner of dealing with conflict over voluntary withdrawal, domination, and compromise; the benefits of coordination; circular response in the creation of people; and individual and society as process. The stories of the participants are told and contemporary insights add to those provided by Follett over seven decades ago. It was found that many of Follett's ideas have applicability in a contemporary company. The interviewees displayed exceptional ability to comment regarding the application of Follettian principles within their workplace setting. My integration as researcher-participant allowed for personal transformation based on the experience of the research with its collaboration with the employees, lending credence to the most profound of Follett's insights--the reciprocal creation of people--the circular manner in which we create as we communicate. The significance of the study lies in the process itself--the opportunities provided for the circular creating and communicating of meaning. The study may encourage readers to reexamine the nature of their relationships, as well. While that examination is not the purpose of this research--no claim of generalizability is offered--it is hoped that others may learn lessons from the documentation of the process of this study.

My project is an examination of the concept of authenticity, as it is problematized in the works of Philip K. Dick; specifically, in his Hugo Award-winning The Man in the High Castle (1962) and in his best-selling novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968). Dick believes that authenticity is essential for human existence, but finds the concept problematized by technologies which make possible increasingly perfect reproductions and replications, as well as by the effect these technologies have on the human subject. Furthermore, these technologies are linked to the economic mode of advanced consumerism.<p>Taking my lead from Fredric Jameson and the contributors to the journal Science-Fiction Studies, I view Dick's work as a form of cultural criticism, and an engagement with postmodernism. In this light, the problem of authenticity in Dick's work is revealed as symptomatic of his criticism of mass, consumer culture. My thesis therefore becomes an examination of Dick's relationship to postmodernism, with a special focus on how that relationship affects his dealings with the idea of authenticity.

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This study is an attempt to combine Nietzschean thought with postmodernism (already greatly influenced by Nietzsche) to take what I am calling a "pastiche approach." I do not mean pastiche in the strictest sense of the word as simply a hodgepodge of various things with little connection to one another but as a combination of modernist schools of thought, such as the structuralists, with various postmodern and poststructural "schools," such as those strains of thought coming from figures such as Jean Baudrillard, Jean Francois Lyotard and Jacque Derrida. I am also referring to various methodological approaches, such as ethnography, historical comparative, textual and content analysis and positivistic approaches. These approaches are used in concert in order to paint a "portrait" from a stance of Nietzschean perspectivism of barworkers as people operating in cultural patterns both local and global.

<p>Vi har valt att genomföra denna studie då vi anser att det är ett ämne som är relevant då det inte finns så mycket tidigare forskning om sambandet mellan identitet, relationer och det postmoderna samhället. Problemformulering i denna studie är: Hur upplever 19–20-åriga ungdomar, av båda könen, identitetsskapande och relationer i det postmoderna samhället? Studien genomfördes i form av semistrukturerade intervjuer och på så sätt försökte vi förstå hur ungdomarna hanterar den komplexitet som ligger bakom de postmoderna identite-terna och deras skapelseprocess. Intervjuerna sattes i förhållande till teorier av exempelvis Mead (1977), Bauman (2002, 2003) och Giddens (1997). Tidigare forskning visar att postmodernitetens identitet är ett uppmärksammat ämne ex-empelvis genom Hjalmarson Vertovecs (2009) studie kring just postmodernitetens identitet. Dock läggs fokus, i denna studie, på relationernas betydelse för identitetsskapande i det post-moderna samhället. På så sätt kompletteras bilden av postmoderna identiteter. Målgruppen i denna studie är varierad, uppsatsen kan läsas av socialpsykologer då den är skriven ur ett socialpsykologiskt perspektiv. Men den kan också läsas av någon som är in-tresserad av något av våra huvudbegrepp; identitet, postmodernitet och relationer. I och med vald metod, semistrukturerade intervjuer, är det lämpligt att ett bekvämlig-hetsurval används. Respondentantalet var 6 stycken. De innehållsrika intervjuerna bidrog till att en grundlig analys kunde genomföras och därmed fann vi reliabla förklaringar till studiens frågeställningar. De resultat vi funnit visar att identitet, relationer och samhälle är tre ämnen som är mer sammanknutna än vi först trodde från början. Respondenterna hade ibland svårt att skilja de olika teman vi valt åt, då de är så ihopkopplade i dagens samhälle. Resultaten visar att identi-teten idag sammankopplas väldigt lätt med roller och att relationer är en stor påverkansfaktor i identitetsskapandet. Slutsatser vi dragit utifrån denna studie är bland annat att detta ämne är relevant och att det behövs göras fortsatta, djupare studier inom det.</p>

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Thesis (D. Min.)--Bethel Seminary, St. Paul, MN, 2008. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 157-165).