Browsing Institutt for filosofi og religionsvitenskap by Subject "Humaniora"
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Det spillere vil ha. Assassin’s Creeds religiøse miljø - Et dypdykk i Desmondsagaens gamevironment
(Master thesis, 2017)This thesis examines the influence of religion on the production and reception of popular video games, using the first five major installments of the Assassin’s Creed video game series as examples. Utilizing a documentary ... -
Dommedag i Waco - Amerikanske myndigheters ekspertbruk og konflikthåndtering overfor Branch Davidians
(Master thesis, 2017)This master thesis addresses the US authorities’ conflict with the Branch Davidians from the start of the investigation to the ending of the siege. The thesis is splitt into two main parts. The first concerns the Bureau ... -
Eksistensiell lidelse - En filosofisk tilnærming til et medikalisert fenomen
(Master thesis, 2016)“Existential suffering” is a widely used concept within palliative care, however this far no precise definition has been forthcoming in the literature. The goal of this thesis is both to explore the rather confusing realm ... -
Experiencing the Chapel of Reconciliation - An investigation of Social and Historical Elements Influencing Experience in a Sacred Place
(Master thesis, 2017)Formål: Denne oppgaven tar for seg arkitekturen og opplevelsene folk har når de besøker forsoningskapellet i Berlin. Kapellet er situert i et minnesmerke dedikert til å huske og formidle Berlinermuren. I tillegg til å være ... -
Fasteperiodens rolle i den religiøse identiteten hos katolske og muslimske kvinner på Østlandet
(Master thesis, 2017)The research problem to be addressed in this thesis is “How does the religion’s and the fasting period’s traditions and values influence the religious identities of women? How do they engage with their religious practices ... -
Førkristne tradisjoner i bulgarsk folkeliv: Transformasjon og opptak i den kristne tro
(Master thesis, 2013)This paperwork explores the pre-christian traditions and folk customs in modern day Bulgarian folk life. The goal has been to discover how these traditions and customs have survived the coming of Christianity, and how they ... -
Islamofobi og konspirasjonsteori - En diskursanalyse av document.no
(Master thesis, 2017)This thesis is a qualitative study based on Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) of a Norwegian islamophobic website, document.no. The focus of the study is on the use of conspiracy theory in islamophobic rhetorics, with the ... -
Kva er moderne teknologi? : om Heidegger og teknikken i nyare tid
(Master thesis, 2015)Life in the modern age is becoming increasingly more reliant on machine technology. Still, do we know what modern technology is? In asking this ontological question, I will inquire into the philosophy of Martin Heidegger. ... -
Livsverda og underverda: Om forvrengd kommunikasjon og psykoanalyse
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Moving and feeling - An exploration of the play between motion, emotion and motivation in yoga practitioners in Norway
(Master thesis, 2016)Denne oppgaven tar for seg det dynamiske forholdet mellom bevegelse, følelser og motivasjon hos praktiserende avmyoga i Norge i dag. Teoriene til grunne for oppgaven er alle basert i grunntanken om «embodiment», eller ... -
Nakent liv og lovens problematikk : en undersøkelse ut ifra Giorgio Agambens politiske filosofi
(Master thesis, 2016)In this thesis I explore the relationship between bare life and the law based on Giorgio Agambens theoretical position. To Agamben politics exist because humans exclude their natural life from their own self, thus exposing ... -
Om dyrs moralske status : hvordan tenke på våre forpliktelser overfor dyr
(Master thesis, 2017)The question of the moral status of animals is a central problem in animal ethics. A range of questions arises when discussing the moral status of animals. How should we understand the concept of moral status? What kind ... -
Religiometer - En religionssosiologisk studie av den offentlige debatt om behandlingsprosessen av konvertitters asylsøknader
(Master thesis, 2015)UDI and UNE treats annually asylum applications where asylum seekers claim to have converted from Islam to Christianity. They seek asylum in Norway because leaving Islam puts their lives in danger if they get returned to ... -
Ren - En diskursanalyse av renhetsbevegelsens seksualdiskurs
(Master thesis, 2017)This master thesis is a discourse analysis of sexual discourse in the purity movement in the USA. With focus on the main concepts in the discourse the thesis aimes to answer the following research question: How and why ... -
Sakralisert identitet i moderniteten - en religionssosiologisk analyse av religionen i det moderne samfunnet
(Master thesis, 2015)The modern society represents a new and different reality for the individual. This has consequences both for religion and for the individual’s identity. It has liberated the individual to sacralize, and to sacralize what ... -
Situating the intellect : McDowell, Dreyfus, and Merleau-Ponty on mindedness and embodiment
(Master thesis, 2015)Denne avhandlingen utforsker begrepet om sinn og dets forhold til persepsjon og kropp slik dette forstås i John McDowell, Hubert Dreyfus og Maurice Merleau-Pontys filosofiske prosjekter. McDowells påstand om en gjennomsyrende ... -
Swooping around in outer space - Investigating ascriptions and attributions in Thelemic astral projection
(Master thesis, 2015)Denne oppgaven har tatt sikte på å undersøke attribusjoner og askripsjoner i thelemisk astralprojeksjon. Nærmere bestemt har den forsøkt å oppklare hvordan thelemitter identifiserer egne erfaringer spesifikt som astralprojeksjon, ... -
Teknomoralsk endring : Huntingtons sykdom, nye gentester, og endringer i debatten om retten til ikke å vite
(Master thesis, 2017)Moral intuitions, judgments, and justifications may change over time. This thesis discuss the relation between moral change and technological change in a particular case. I present the bioethical debate on the right not ...