L’angoisse est un état qui se distingue des autres sentiments en ce qu’elle ne survient devant rien de précis, mais plutôt devant notre vie en général. Mais que signifie-t-elle? Pourquoi fait-elle jour? Le présent mémoire vise à mieux comprendre le phénomène de l’angoisse à travers les conceptions de deux philosophes s’y étant attardé de façon importante : Søren Kierkegaard et Martin Heidegger. Il cherche à cerner ce que ces deux conceptions, malgré des divergences importantes, peuvent amener comme éclairage philosophique à ce phénomène proprement humain. En fait, leurs conceptions philosophiques respectives de l’angoisse transforment – permettent un autre regard -, sur la question. Ils ne font pas vraiment état des effets psychologiques de l’angoisse, mais plutôt de ce que cette dernière peut permettre d’ouvrir comme perspective de saisie de l’être humain. Effectivement, l’angoisse, comme situation affective, permet d’atteindre l’être humain d’une façon plus profonde et plus originaire que ne le ferait n’importe quelle science. Elle permet de se positionner au cœur de ce qui constitue l’être humain, qui est une synthèse entre deux éléments contraires (l’âme et le corps, l’ontique et l’ontologique, etc.), dévoilant ainsi l’existence de l’être humain d’une manière toute particulière. De plus, l’angoisse assure aussi le lien entre le possible et le réel, mettant ainsi l’être humain devant un enjeu fondamental de sa condition, à savoir son possible, son destin. / Anxiety differs from other feelings and states in that it is not directed at anything specific, but rather towards life in general. But what does anxiety mean? Why does it come about? The present dissertation seeks to understand anxiety through the works of two philosophers who dealt with these questions at length: Søren Kierkegaard and Martin Heidegger. By taking into account various similarities and differences between these two conceptions, we will come to a better understanding of how philosophy has clarified this peculiarly human phenomenon. In fact, one might say that these conceptions have served to transform — or to open a new perspective on — the question of anxiety. No longer is anxiety treated in terms of its psychological effects, but rather in terms of how it allows us to grasp something essentially human. Anxiety, qua affective situation, provides a privileged mode of access to the human being, deeper and more original than any purely scientific approach. Anxiety thrusts us into the heart of what is constitutive of the human being: a synthesis of two contrary factors (be it the soul and the body or the ontic and the ontological). Moreover, anxiety articulates the connection between possibility and reality, placing the individual before a fundamental feature of human existence: one’s own most possibilities, or destiny.

Authenticity is what we want from the world around us, from others, and crucially from ourselves and what we make. As it relates to graphic design, I define authenticity as a perceived match between form and purpose. For the designer, its quality is found in the process of simultaneously developing a concept and crafting the design/object.

The focus of this investigation is to assess the relationship between false self behavior, object relations and attachment variables, and adjustment. Theory suggests that object relations and attachment are interrelated, and have been independently linked to psychological consequences. Theory also postulates a relationship between false self behavior and object relations theory. Given the interrelatedness of object relations and attachment theory it is possible that false self behavior may also be linked to attachment variables. While the relationship between object relations and false self behavior seems to have been established object relations theory and attachment theory have not been studied in tandem as related to false self behavior. In addition, this investigation will explore the relationship of adjustment variables to attachment and object relations variables. Undergraduate males and females will be solicited for participation, and will be asked to complete self-report questionnaires measuring false self behavior, object relations, attachment, and adjustment. The primary research hypothesis is that less false self behavior will be related to mature object relations, secure attachment, and fewer symptoms.

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The thesis An Extraordinary Encounter with Chekhov strives to examine the process and phases involved in the design of the set for Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters. This play was produced in the Spring of 2007, at the University of New Orleans. This production was chosen by the graduate committee, as the final work to complete my Master of Fine Arts degree in set design. I seek to examine the nature of the creative process for the set design through a series of encounters, from the initial encounter with the play to the various encounters with the director and other collaborators. These various encounters will include the, research and preparation to the final creation of the set design examined in detail. Copies of all the research, renderings, photos, draftings and any supporting materials that were relevant to the creative process will accompany the text of the thesis.

Since the 1970s, when neoliberal policies and changing consumer patterns began remaking cities, scholars have conducted research about gentrification. In New Orleans, these studies have helped explain the demographic and economic shifts in some neighborhoods. However, there has been limited focus on the built environment aspects of gentrification in New Orleans, specifically the interpretation of the external aesthetic shifts in streetscapes as part of the gentrification process. This thesis examines the relationship between these aesthetics, primarily graffiti and street art, and the gentrification process, as perceived by various stakeholders in two New Orleans neighborhoods: St. Roch and Bywater. Using empirical, qualitative evidence, this thesis argues that graffiti and street art signify a culture and aestheticization of gentrification. Research methods for this thesis include participant observation, semi-structured interviews and discourse analysis. Keywords: Gentrification, New Orleans, Bywater, St. Roch, graffiti, street art, neighborhood change, blight, disinvestment, revitalization, creative class, neoliberalism, race, authenticity

Du projet urbain au musée à ciel ouvert, la ville oscille entre un besoin de modernisation et une volonté de préserver son patrimoine. À Strasbourg, l’ensemble urbain de la Neustadt illustre ces deux manières d’envisager la ville. Le terme même de « Neustadt », traduit littéralement par « ville nouvelle », résonne de manière singulière car il est porteur de ces deux modalités qui peuvent être perçues comme antagonistes. D’un côté, il se réfère à l’extension urbaine « moderne » planifiée en 1880. De l’autre, il correspond à la dénomination officielle utilisée pour valoriser ce patrimoine et concourir à son inscription sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l’Unesco (juillet 2017). Dans ce contexte de patrimonialisation, la thèse vise d’une part, à déconstruire les faits qui ont conduit à ce changement de statut et d’autre part à étudier la place des habitants dans ce processus. Au-delà des représentations à l’égard de la Neustadt, les décisions vernaculaires des résidents sont particulièrement mises en exergue. À une échelle plus fine qu’est celui de l’immeuble de rapport, il s’agit de comprendre comment des pratiques patrimoniales hétérogènes cohabitent et s’articulent. / From urban project to open-air museum, the city oscillates between a need for modernization and a desire to preserve its heritage. In Strasbourg, the urban ensemble of Neustadt illustrates these two ways of looking at the city. The very term 'Neustadt', translated literally as 'new city', resonates in a singular way because it conveys both of these modalities, which can be perceived as antagonistic. On the one hand, it refers to the "modern" urban extension planned in 1880. On the other hand, it matches the official name used to promote this heritage and contribute to its inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage list (July 2017). In this context of heritagization, the thesis aims to deconstruct the facts that have led to this change of status and to study the place of the inhabitants in this process. Beyond representations of the ‘Neustadt’, the vernacular decisions of residents are highlighted. At the smaller scale of the revenue house, it looks into how heterogeneous heritage practices coexist and combine.

Denna studie undersöker autenticitet och hedonism inom backpacking. Postmodernismen har lett till en homogenisering gällandede destinationer som backpackers besöker och aktiviteter de utför. Autentiska upplevelser blir således svårare att hitta samt urskilja på grund av den rådande massturismen. Denna studie mäter svenska backpackers uppfattningar och beteenden gällande autenticitet, med hjälp av en enkätundersökning som besvaras av 203 respondenter. Datainsamlingen presenteras i form av tabeller samt beskrivande text och analyseras med hjälp av ett teoretiskt ramverk som innefattar autenticitet, backpacking, hedonism samt välmående. Resultatet visar att svenska backpackers uppfattningar samt beteende har störst koppling till existentiell autenticitet och att den hedonistiska njutningen är en del av den moderna backpackern. / This study explores authenticity and hedonism in backpacking. Postmodernism has led to a homogenization in regards to the destinations that backpackers visit and the activities they perform. Authentic experiences are thus much more difficult to find and discern due to the prevailing mass tourism. This study measures Swedish backpacker's perceptions and behaviors regarding authenticity, using a questionnaire survey that is answered by 203 participants. Data collection is presented in the form of tables and descriptive text that is analyzed using a theoretical framework which includes authenticity, backpacking, hedonism and well-being. The result shows that Swedish backpacker's perceptions and behaviors are most closely linked to existential authenticity and that hedonistic enjoyment is part of the modern backpacker.

Under de senaste årtiondet har mikrobryggerier runt om i världen tagit allt större marknadsandelar från nationella och internationella bryggerier. Trots en växande marknad är marknadsklimatet däremot långt ifrån idealiskt för många småbryggare. Lönsamheten är låg och marknaden präglas av hårdare konkurrens. Att upprätthålla konkurrenskraft är därmed allt viktigare för mikrobryggeriernas överlevnad. För att skapa konkurrenskraft är det fördelaktigt att ha god förståelse för konsumenten. Då tidigare forskning pekar på att strävan efter autenticitet är en betydande del av konsumtionen finns det två kritiska frågor när det kommer till konsumentinsikt inom marknaden. Varför väljer konsumenter ett specifikt varumärke inom hantverksöl? Vilka egenskaper är mest inflytelserika för att en konsument ska uppfatta ett varumärke inom hantverksöl som autentiskt? En kvalitativ studie genomfördes för att få svar på dessa frågor. Utifrån studiens analys och resultat är sociokulturella och transformativa motiv framträdande i konsumtionen. Valet av varumärke påverkas starkt av sociala influenser, kvalitet och exogena faktorer som smak och identitet. Lokal anknytning till varumärket är en framträdande variabel i köpbeslutet. Faktorer som påverkar intrycket av autenticitet är en blandning av egenskaper som kvalitet, värderingar, historia. Respondenterna grundar sin bedömning både på känsla och objektiv information. Det emotionella intrycket tenderar däremot att ha en större effekt på studiens deltagare. Avslutningsvis framgår det att trovärdighet är en avgörande aspekt för att ett varumärke inom hantverksöl ska kunna upprätthålla ett autentiskt intryck. / During the last decade microbreweries have been steadily gaining market share from the large national and international beer breweries. However, despite a growing market the current state is not ideal for most brands seeking to expand their operation. For instance, the market is characterized by fragmentation and there is a widespread agreement that consumers are enchanted by novelty. Still, little is know about the craft beer consumer. As previous research conclude that consumption of craft products is closely associated with the search for authenticity two critical questions emerge in terms customer insight. Why do consumers choose a specific craft beer brand? What influences a consumer to ascribe authenticity to a craft beer brand? A qualitative study was conducted to address these questions. Based on the analysis of the results the consumption is catalysed by an interworking process of taste, socio-cultural and psycho-transformative needs. The choice of brand is strongly influenced by quality, social stimuli and exogenous variables such as taste and self-congruity. A sense of local identity tends to evoke strong self-congruity effects. Variables underpinning authenticity includes a mixture of properties such as quality, values, brand heritage. While respondents draw on both indexical and icon cues to base judgements, iconic cues tends to generate strong effects in first encounter with brands. Finally, credibility in all forms is shown to be crucial in order to sustain an authentic impression as a Swedish craft beer brand.

A busca pela autenticidade tem sido considerada um importante fenômeno contemporâneo, assim como o cultivo das sensações como critério de subjetivação. As análises empreendidas no seio da fenomenologia clássica disponibilizam uma descrição rigorosa do ser humano, buscando compreendê-lo em sua complexidade estrutural, dotada das dimensões da corporeidade, psique e espírito que se mostram interdependentes, além de apontar para vivências comunitárias como constitutivas de si mesmo provando-se uma perspectiva com grande potencial para renovar a problematização da temática. Edith Stein (1891-1942), discípula de Husserl, discute o tema da corporeidade e da tomada de posição voluntária de maneira aprofundada, chegando a se referir a um tipo de posicionamento onde emerge aquilo que é autenticamente individual. A presente pesquisa tem como objetivo examinar a noção de autenticidade na Fenomenologia de Edith Stein, discutindo o indispensável comparecimento da corporeidade como sua condição de possibilidade. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa, bibliográfica, onde elegemos como textos principais de nossa análise as seguintes publicações de Edith Stein: O problema da empatia (1917); Psicologia e Ciências do Espírito: contribuições para uma fundamentação filosófica (1922); Sobre a ideia de formação (1930); A estrutura ôntica da pessoa e a problemática do seu conhecimento (1930-32); Introdução à Filosofia (1919-32/2001); A estrutura da pessoa humana (1932-33) e A filosofia existencial de Martin Heidegger (1936). Vários outros textos de Stein também foram utilizados para aprofundamento dos temas identificados, bem como de outros pesquisadores comentadores da obra steiniana. A noção de autenticidade comparece gradativamente na obra steiniana. A individualidade é examinada partindo dos aspectos universais, da consideração do sujeito transcendental, e segue até a identificação do núcleo da alma, aspecto original e singular que é ativado em vivências específicas e insere um selo de autenticidade em diversas vivências do fluxo da consciência. Os relacionamentos interpessoais, sobretudo aqueles propriamente comunitários, possibilitam o reconhecimento das características mais singulares diante do outro. A individualidade autêntica é vivida enquanto processo, discutido em termos steinianos como processo de formação da personalidade e processo de individuação, apontando para uma autenticidade que apenas pode ser reconhecida no ato. Cada pessoa é autêntica a sua maneira, o que implica também um necessário posicionamento ético diante da expressão das características de personalidade mais habituais. Confrontando com a tradição heideggeriana, Stein destacou que a autenticidade deve ser analisada considerando o ser pessoal, a relação de comunidade como facilitadora, a diversidade de disposições afetivas não exclusivamente a angústia como via de mobilização da individualidade autêntica, bem como a experiência religiosa autêntica como via de possibilidade da realização da autenticidade individual. Os achados advindos da noção de autenticidade na obra de Edith Stein disponibilizam, a partir da Psicologia Fenomenológica, novos recursos teóricos para a atuação do profissional psicólogo nas diversas áreas, como Psicologia da Saúde, Psicologia da Educação, Psicologia do Esporte, Psicologia Clínica, entre outras. Novos horizontes na compreensão de temas contemporâneos onde a relação entre autenticidade e corporeidade se apresentam, como é o caso da epidemia de suicídio, das questões relacionadas ao gênero e das práticas corporais, também podem ser assumidos na compreensão desses temas. / The search for authenticity has been considered an important contemporary phenomenon, as well as the cultivation of sensations as a criterion of subjectivation. The analyzes carried out within the classical phenomenology provide a rigorous description of the human being, seeking to understand it in its structural complexity, endowed with the dimensions of corporeity, psyche and spirit that are interdependent, in addition to pointing to community experiences as constitutive of oneself - proving a perspective with great potential to renew the problematization of the theme. Edith Stein (1891-1942), a disciple of Husserl, discusses the subject of corporeity and voluntary positioning in an in-depth way, coming to refer to a type of positioning where emerges that which is authentically individual. The present research aims to examine the notion of authenticity in the Phenomenology of Edith Stein, discussing the indispensable attendance of corporeity as its condition of possibility. It is a qualitative, bibliographical research, where we chose as main texts of our analysis the following publications of Edith Stein: The problem of empathy (1917); Psychology and Sciences of the Spirit: contributions to a philosophical foundation (1922); On the idea of formation (1930); The ontic structure of the person and the problematic of his knowledge (1930-32); Introduction to Philosophy (1919-32 / 2001); The Structure of the Human Person (1932-33) and The Existential Philosophy of Martin Heidegger (1936). Several other texts by Stein were also used to deepen the themes identified, as well as other commentators of the Stein\'s work. The notion of authenticity gradually appears in Stein\'s work. Individuality is examined from the universal aspects of the consideration, of the transcendental subject, and goes on to identify the core of the soul, an original and singular aspect that is activated in specific experiences and inserts a seal of authenticity into various experiences of the flow of consciousness. Interpersonal relationships, especially those of the community itself, enable the recognition of the most singular characteristics before the other. Authentic individuality is experienced as a process, discussed in Stein\'s terms as a process of personality formation and individuation process, pointing to an authenticity that can only be recognized in the act. Each person is authentic in his own way, which also implies a necessary ethical positioning before the expression of the most habitual personality traits. Confronting the heideggerian tradition, Stein stressed that authenticity should be analyzed by considering the personal being, the relationship of community as facilitator, the diversity of affective dispositions - not exclusively anguish - as a way of mobilizing authentic individuality, as well as religious experience authentic as a way of realizing individual authenticity. The findings of the notion of authenticity in the work of Edith Stein provide, from the Phenomenological Psychology, new theoretical resources for the professional psychologist in the different areas, such as Health Psychology, Education Psychology, Sports Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and others. New horizons in the understanding of contemporary issues where the relationship between authenticity and corporeality are presented, as is the case of the suicide epidemic, issues related to gender and corporal practices, can also be assumed in the understanding of these themes.