The main topic of the doctoral dissertation Intersubjectivity and postmodern society: On the phenomenology of the Other is the problem of intersubjectivity. The work discusses the question of the other with the particular part of phenomenological thinking which does ask how we experience the other. Our starting point stems from the context of postmodern society, which we discusse in the first chapter ("The paradox of atomicity"). The aim of the second chapter ("Tacitness") is to enable us to phrase the question of the other properly. The third chapter ("Searching for the other in dialogue with Edmund Husserl") at first introduces selected fundamental concepts of the Husserl's phenomenology related to our topic (e.g. epoché) and then discusses the understanding of the other in Husserl's works Ideas Pertaining to a Pure Phenomenology and to a Phenomenological Philosophy - Second Book and Cartesian Meditations. The fourth chapter ("Breaches of harmony") is focused on such types of experience that problematize and disturb the altogether harmonic world of Husserlian intersubjectivity. We deal with the phenomenology of the blindness (Jana Moravcová) and the phenomenology of emotions (Jean-Paul Sartre). The fifth chapter ("Strange, weired eyes") uses the them of exile in the poetry of Josef Straka to...

Teorin om “cirkulär ekonomi” (CE) är baserad på att effektivare tillvarata resurser, genom att återanvända material och komponenter inom “cirkulära” system, anses den vara ett alternativ till den linjära produktionsmodellen som har bidragit till dagens miljöproblematik. Det finns dock kritik mot teorin om “cirkulär ekonomi” (CE), den anses vara vag och främst är driven av en teknologisk och ekonomisk agenda, utan tillräcklig hänsyn till de sociala och kulturella faktorer som driver konsumtionen i samhället. Innovationen av elbilar har framstått som en del i lösningen av miljöproblematiken och strävar efter att på sikt bli den nya fordonsnormen i samhället. Trots positiva klimatfördelar utmanas aktörer fortfarande i att skapa incitament för konsumenter att investera i elbilar och främja en mer “cirkulär” fordonsindustri. Genom att analysera cirkulär ekonomi inom en “postmodernistisk kontext” och med användning av “konsumentkulturteori” (eng. “Consumer Culture Theory”, CCT) som en del av studiens ramverk syftar denna uppsats till att ge en djupare förståelse för hur symboliska och kulturella värden påverkar implementeringen av cirkulär ekonomi. Genom att använda elbilar som ett exempel på cirkulär ekonomi studerades konsumenternas bakomliggande drivkrafter till förvärvet. Dessutom genomfördes en noggrann analys av elbilens bidrag till den cirkulära ekonomin för att försöka förstå vad det innebär för en produkt att vara helt “cirkulär”. Genom en kvalitativ forskningsmetod utfördes telefonintervjuer med sju elbilsägare för att utforska deras erfarenheter av elbilar. Resultaten från studien visar att motiven för att investera i elbilar främst härrör från symboliska, tekniska eller ekonomiska faktorer som bidrar till respondenternas sociala status i samhället. Genom att respondenterna baserar valet av konsumtion av elbilar på känslor av lyx eller ekonomiska fördelar, snarare än att konsumtionen baseras utifrån miljömässiga faktorer, har det stärkt uppfattningen att sociokulturella faktorer kan leda till “tröghet” (eng. “inertia”) gällande införandet av den mera resurseffektiva cirkulära ekonomin. Respondenterna anser att elbilen kan bli en del av den cirkulära ekonomin på sikt, men att batterier och återvinning av dessa behöver utvecklas och att den i nuläget har en oklar kontribution till cirkulär ekonomi. / At the core of the theory of the “circular economy” (CE) is efficient resource-management. Effectively reusing material and components in a “circular system” serves as an alternative to the linear production model that has caused environmental concerns. Implementing a “circular economy” (CE) is, however, hampered by criticism since it is too vague a theory, pursuing a technological and economic agenda and therefore not taking into account the many social and cultural factors that drive consumption in society. The innovation of electric cars is seen as a part of the solution to the environmental problems. But even with a positive climate approach, it still seems to be a challenge for actors to create incentives for consumers to start investing in electric cars and move towards a more “circular” car industry. Within the context of postmodernism and “consumer culture theory” (CCT), this thesis focuses on how symbolic and cultural values in consumers affect the implementation of a circular economy. Using electric cars as an example of circular economy production, the thesis aims at investigating what makes consumers purchase an electric vehicle. In the same context, a deeper analysis of the electric cars contribution to the circular economy was conducted to understand what it means for a product to be fully “circular”. By employing a qualitative research methodology, phone interviews were conducted to explore the respondents experience of electrical cars. Findings from this research reveal that the motivation to buy electric cars predominantly stem from symbolic, technical, or economic values that contribute to the respondent’s social status in society. The choice to consume electric cars is driven by needs of luxury or economic benefits rather than environmental concerns. This strengthens the notion that sociocultural factors can lead to inertia regarding the implementation of a more resource-efficient circular economy. The respondents believe that electric cars can make a better contribution to the circular economy in the future, emphasizing the need for more efficient recycling of electric vehicle batteries.

Anotation: Špidlová, Z.: Clothing as a means for self-identification and self-representation and possible didactic applications of the theme in art education. [Diploma thesis] Prague, 2013 - Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education, Art education, 224 p. (Attachements: Diary and file documenting the art part of diploma thesis) This thesis examines the phenomenon of clothing, its semiotic function in the context of postmodern society and social aspects with emphasis on identification with a particular social group. The research brings knowledge about two groups, their clothing and social contexts. The groups are the costume culture of the Alto Minho in Portugal and the goth subculture. The results of the research are directly connected to the art part, the output of which is a clothing model combining elements of both of these groups. Didactic section presents findings on the diversity of interpretation of students from the seventh grade of basic school and the second year of middle school when dealing with the topic of identity and subculture applied on clothing. Key words: clothes, identity, self-presentation, self-identification, subculture, materials creation, postmodern society, art education

Este trabalho investiga se no Brasil o lugar social destinado pela sociedade às pessoas que possuem diagnósticos relativos à psicose é semelhante àquele que o poder soberano destina ao homo sacer. Para isso, o referencial teórico estudado baseia-se na pesquisa de Agamben sobre o homo sacer e na teoria psicanalítica da psicose, mas não de forma exaustiva, e sim recortando possíveis contribuições. Essas noções subsidiam toda discussão que vai dos primeiros entendimentos sobre loucura, atravessando o ideal de eugenia, até desembocar na reforma psiquiátrica e no Serviço de Residência Terapêutica SRT como contraponto à política manicomial. Já para a pesquisa de campo, a metodologia escolhida baseou-se numa pesquisa qualitativa, com o uso de entrevista semiestruturada e de diários de campo. Os participantes foram divididos em três perfis: moradores do SRT que são egressos de períodos de longa internação em hospitais psiquiátricos, com nosologia relativa à psicose; cuidadores do SRT; e técnicos de nível superior que atuam na área da saúde mental. A análise das entrevistas foi baseada na análise de conteúdo. Os resultados evidenciam que a história da loucura no Brasil foi marcada pela exclusão, mas que os acontecimentos do século XX evidenciaram que o psicótico deixa de estar apenas no lugar do excluído e é jogado no lugar do homo sacer. Simultaneamente ao psicótico como homo sacer está a figura do neurótico como sobrevivente, mas ambos vivem a insegurança de se afogarem no rio da biopolítica. Já as falas dos moradores, cuidadores e técnicos reconheceram o hospital psiquiátrico como um lugar onde as pessoas são abandonadas por todos para morrer: abandonadas pelas famílias, abandonadas pela equipe do hospital, abandonadas pelo poder público, abandonadas pela sociedade como um todo. Mais que um lugar de abandono, o hospital psiquiátrico era um lugar de morte. A este lugar de morte surgiu como contraponto uma saúde mental voltada para a inserção social e territorial das pessoas acometidas de transtornos mentais, e o SRT mostrou-se um importante equipamento para efetivar tais ações. Para os participantes, o SRT é tudo o que o hospital psiquiátrico não é: Enquanto o hospital leva as pessoas para longe da cidade, a residência traz de volta para ela. Enquanto o hospital aprisiona irresponsavelmente, a residência liberta responsavelmente. Enquanto nos hospitais existem pacientes internados, na residência existem moradores que participam da sociedade. Enquanto nos hospitais corpos são usados desrespeitosamente, na residência vidas são vividas dignamente / This work problematizes and investigates if in Brazil the social place destined by the society to the people that have diagnoses related to the psychosis is similar to the one that the sovereign power destines to homo sacer. For this, the theoretical framework studied is based on Agamben\'s research on homo sacer and on the psychoanalytic theory of psychosis, but not in an exhaustive way, but rather by cutting possible contributions. These notions subsidize any discussion that goes from the first understandings about madness, crossing the ideal of eugenics, until it ends in the psychiatric reform and the Service of Therapeutic Residence - STR - as a counterpoint to the asylum policy. For the field research, the chosen methodology was based on a qualitative research, with the use of semi-structured interviews and field diaries. Participants were divided into three profiles: residents of the STR who are graduates of periods of long stay in psychiatric hospitals, with nosology related to psychosis; STR caregivers; and higher education technicians who work in the area of mental health. The analysis of the interviews was based on content analysis. The results show that the history of madness in Brazil was marked by exclusion, but that the events of the twentieth century showed that the psychotic is no longer only in the place of the excluded and is played in the place of homo sacer. Simultaneously with the psychotic as homo sacer is the figure of the neurotic as survivor, but both live the insecurity of drowning in the river of biopolitics. The speeches of the residents, caregivers and technicians have recognized the psychiatric hospital as a place where people are abandoned by all to die: abandoned by the families, abandoned by the hospital staff, abandoned by the public power, abandoned by society as a whole. More than a place of abandonment, the psychiatric hospital was a place of death. To this place of death a mental health aimed at the social and territorial insertion of the people affected by mental disorders appeared as a counterpoint, and the STR proved to be an important equipment to carry out such actions. For participants, the STR is all that the psychiatric hospital is not: While the hospital takes people away from the city, the residence brings it back to it. While the hospital imprisons irresponsibly, the residence frees responsibly. While in hospitals there are hospitalized patients, in the residence there are residents who participate in society. While in hospitals bodies are used disrespectfully, in residence lives are lived worthily

<p>What is an economic crime? Who is an economic criminal? How do we speak of the phenomenon and what does they way we speak mean? The immediate result of the study is that there is a stereotype image of the economic criminal that is produced within peoples speech. This image contains characteristics that bring the subject, the economic criminal, far away from the traditional crime subject, and brings it closer to a non-criminal subject. This motion render possible that economic criminals can talk of themselves as “not bad people”, “normal” and “like everyone else”. The analysis has made clear that economic crime and economic criminals are conceptualizations that are under negotiation, there is no determined definition of these ideas. A transformed society has also an impact on economic criminals and economic crime. Perhaps the debate about the definition of the economic criminal and economic crime is symptomatic for the postmodern society we share?</p>

What is an economic crime? Who is an economic criminal? How do we speak of the phenomenon and what does they way we speak mean? The immediate result of the study is that there is a stereotype image of the economic criminal that is produced within peoples speech. This image contains characteristics that bring the subject, the economic criminal, far away from the traditional crime subject, and brings it closer to a non-criminal subject. This motion render possible that economic criminals can talk of themselves as “not bad people”, “normal” and “like everyone else”. The analysis has made clear that economic crime and economic criminals are conceptualizations that are under negotiation, there is no determined definition of these ideas. A transformed society has also an impact on economic criminals and economic crime. Perhaps the debate about the definition of the economic criminal and economic crime is symptomatic for the postmodern society we share?

<p>The democratic conditions in national states have change radically at the same time as the society has changed. Because of social and economic globalization processes, the states and government has lost power for the benefit of transnational and global institutions. That affects the democracy since the nation state earlier defined the domain of citizenship. At the same time, citizens’ confidence towards political parties and politicians has gone down. These trends have lead to a situation that is spoken about as the crisis of democracy. The globalization has however also created new possibilities for political arenas and way to be politically organized.</p><p>This thesis is about democracy; about being able to influence one’s own situation and the society one live in. It’s also about the protracted struggle between different groups to be able to do this. This field is very wide and the possible ways to examine it are endless, but the part that will be in focus here is the municipality of Norrköping. It will be about how the municipality, trough the Committee of Democracy, which is appointed by the municipal council, works with democracy, but also about how young people in Norrköping feels that they can influence and effect. The study is based on analysis of reports and interviews with representatives from the Committee of Democracy and on interviews with young people who are politically involved in social movements. The study is written from a discourse analysis approach and the theoretical frame of reference revolves around discourse, power, governmentality and theories about the postmodern society.</p>

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Versando sobre este eixo, “Minha vida, meu tempo, minha condição” tem como principal objetivo realizar um estudo sobre a situação do idoso na sociedade contemporânea em tempos de transformações sociais cada vez mais aceleradas, bem como as alternativas para lidar com tal questão, cujo maior destaque está sob os vieses da dinâmica familiar e do processo de institucionalização. A linha de pesquisa adotada foi baseada na teoria da fragilidade das relações humanas discorrida por importantes pensadores contemporâneos. Para maior compreensão do estudo, se fez necessário utilizar como processo de investigação, revisões e análises bibliográficas e busca em sites que referenciam questões sobre o tema, assim como a observação e descrição empírica, este com o método quanti- qualitativo. Em ênfase a segunda abordagem, é importante destacar que a referida pesquisa foi realizada, através de entrevistas semiestruturadas, com 20 (vinte) idosos, entre 65 (sessenta e cinco) a 85 (oitenta e cinco) anos, de ambos os sexos que residem em uma Instituição de Longa Permanência para Idosos (ILPI), situada no Município de Salvador, Bahia. Permite-se afirmar que tais análises foram pertinentes para o entendimento tanto da vida cotidiana do idoso que reside num local dessa natureza, levando em consideração o diagnóstico da sua condição social atual, quanto da dinâmica familiar em que está inserido. A partir dessa visão vem a seguinte indagação: residir em um abrigo para idosos é uma opção ou resultado de um processo em que se agrega à falta de opção? O que está nas entrelinhas dessa realidade? Quais foram as principais causas que levaram esses indivíduos a decidirem por essa maneira de viver, a se permitir estar nesta condição? Nas reflexões conclusivas, foi possível perceber que a situação atual desses idosos caracteriza uma realidade desafiadora, principalmente quando parte para a visão de que a institucionalização está sob bases complexas e que a família está no pilar desse processo, expressamente colidente. Foi possível perceber, em alguns momentos, a fragilidade desses vínculos, logo, a institucionalização muitas vezes representa uma alternativa para lidar com os reflexos dessa situação, tendo como consequência uma vertente desse fato relativamente aceitável e cheio de contradições. Estes questionamentos foram analisados no decorrer do processo da pesquisa, apontando assim, os limites e as vertentes dessa problemática, merecendo destaque o contexto social contemporâneo vivenciado por esses sujeitos, mais precisamente os que estão inseridos nessa condição, a de idoso abrigado. / The discussion that involves issues of human life and the rupture of some concepts in postmodern society it discusses issues that transcend analyzes holders of ambiguity and / or contradictions to be reflected and discussed, which lead to reviews of the condition of man inserted into the center of social relations. Dealing on this axis, "My life, my time, my condition" aims to conduct a study on the situation of the elderly in contemporary society in times of social change increasingly accelerated and the alternatives for dealing with such matters, whose most prominent is under the biases of family dynamics and the process of institutionalization. The adopted research line was based on the theory of the fragility of human relationships studied by important contemporary thinkers. For better understanding of the study, it was necessary to use as the research process, reviews and bibliographic analysis and search on sites referring to questions on the subject, as well as observation and empirical description, this quantity with the qualitative method. An emphasis on the second approach, it is important to note that this research was conducted through semi-structured interviews with twenty (20) old, between 65 (sixty-five) to 85 (eighty-five) years, of both sexes residing in an institution of for the Aged (LTCF), located in the city of Salvador, Bahia. Lets say that such analyzes were relevant to understanding both the everyday life of the elderly who reside in a place of this nature, taking into account the diagnosis of your current social condition, as the family dynamics in which it appears. From this vision comes the next question: living in a nursing home is an option or result of a process in which adds to the lack of choice? What's between the lines of this reality? What were the main causes that led these individuals to decide for this way of life, to allow to be in this condition? In the concluding reflections, it is noted that the current situation of the elderly features a challenging reality, especially when part to the view that the institutionalization is under complex bases and that the family is the pillar of this process, specifically colliding. It could be observed, at times, the fragility of these bonds, so the institutionalization often represents an alternative to deal with the consequences of this situation, resulting in a shed that fact relatively acceptable and full of contradictions. These questions were analyzed during the research process, pointing thus the limits and dimensions of this problem, a special focus contemporary social situation experienced by these subjects, specifically those that are inserted in this condition, the elderly housed.

The thesis is focused on the adolescence as a particular life period of a man. Its aim is to analyze this period in connection with free time. Moreover it tries to point out the influence of value orientation of each individual which is reflected in one{\crq}s free time. And the topic is related to the society and current period called postmodernism. It deals with the influence of consumer culture that presses on the teenagers and with manifestations of this influence. It tempts to draw the attention to the crisis of so called traditional values and the antagonism between what people believe in and what they do. Finally I am trying to point at the possibilities of the free-time pedagogy that disposes of the methods, which can efficiently reduce problematic aspects brought by current time.

The performance of the world{\crq}s biggest economies is slowing down and young people are the most affected as shown by the rising numbers of unemployment, especially among the youths. The aim of this thesis is to identify and map the impact of the global financial crisis on the unemployment of graduates in the South Bohemian Region. My intention was to test the hypothesis of my previous thesis topic ``Life targets of the unemployed graduates in České Budějovice`` and the data obtained by thos investigation/research is to be put into context with reference to the current state of the labour market. In this thesis, I have used the form of quantitative research. As a method of data collection, I have chosen to use interviews and document analysis. The technique, in this case, is the secondary analysis of data from the questinaire. The questionnaire was developed in two forms: on paper (printed copies) and on the Internet (the electronic form) in order to increase data. The questionaire consisted of 22 questions which are well related to the total psycho-social and economic well being of the unemployed and, in as much following the current set hypotheses: {\clqq}The most prefered goals in the lives of the unemployed graduates is to find a well paying job``, most of the graduates still remain in a period of unemployment and hence they are still living with their parents`` and {\clqq}Most of the unemployed graduates tend to adopt an active approach in finding a job``. I contacted the respodents through the job centres in South Bohemia Region. The first hypothesis proved to be wrong whilest the second and third hypothesis proved to be correct and hence the aim of the thesis was fulfilled. This is a very practical topic in connection with unemployment and this work can serve as a basis for further research, especially with subsequent use in schools. This work may also be used as a supplement for specialised courses focusing on issues of unemployment.