Den svenska marinen har av professor Geoffrey Till använts som ett utmärkande exempel på en s.k. post-modern marin i hans kategorisering av världens sjömakter. Främst är det den expeditionära förmåga som Sverige profilerat alltsedan det kalla krigets slut som ligger till grund för denna exemplifiering.Frågan uppstår då huruvida den svenska marinen fortfarande kan ses vara det utmärkande exemplet efter det att fokus nu skiftat tillbaka till en mer nationellt präglad försvarsinriktning. Därutöver ställs frågan om vilka styrkor och svagheter en dylik kategorisering av världens sjömakter kan ha.Utifrån en analys av Tills kategoriseringar som idealtyper, så har dessa i allt väsentligt visat sig vara de förenklande och täckande rubriceringar som idealtypsmodellen syftar till. Därför har det även gått att identifiera tre indikatorer som medger en jämförelse mot den svenska marinen av idag för att utröna dess nuvarande status som post-modern sjömakt.Undersökningen har på så sätt lett till slutsatsen att den svenska marinen alltjämt kan kategoriseras som en post-modern marin, men av andra anledningar än den expeditionära förmågan.

The purpose of this essay has been to examine the public`s view of the Swedish eldercare during 2006. This study uses discourse analysis as a research method, the reference material has been articles from the newspaper Dagens Nyheter. The aim of the research has been to find central themes, conflicts and consensus in the discourse of eldercare. The analysis resulted in four main subjects which were based on four main questions; the questions of responsibility and execution, the question of contents, and the question of where the eldercare should take place. The analysis of conflicts and relations of consensus in the discourse of eldercare resulted in two different main views; the traditional and a more modern.

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka kristna personers attityder gentemot sekularisering och modern andlighet. För att undersöka detta intervjuades medlemmar ur frikyrkliga svenska samfund; en intervju i fokusgrupp (med fyra deltagare) samt tre individuella intervjuer. Intervjumaterialet bestod av ett case uppdelat i fem sektioner, där respondenterna fick resonera fritt kring olika religiösa dilemman. Deltagarna uppvisade främst negativa emotionella attityder gentemot sekularisering och modern andlighet, främst riktat mot sambandet till individualiseringen av samhället. Respondenterna uppvisade förståelse för den subjektiva aspekten av tro, samt religionens brister och hur dessa står i samband till vissa sekulära yttringar.

 Detta är en litteraturstudie som syftar till att synliggöra hur modern teknik så som mobiltelefoner och olika datorer gestaltas i bilderböcker i relation till hur teknik används i verkligheten. Flertalet bilderböckers olika sätt att skildra denna moderna teknik, i person och miljöskildring och som verktyg för fantastiska portar mellan olika världar analyseras och diskuteras utifrån hur användandet ser ut i verkligheten i dagens samhälle. Materialet består av åtta svenska bilderböcker utgivna år 1998 och senare. .

This research addresses the issues of identity and culture in Latvia in the context of the upcoming European Union enlargement in 2004. Political self- determination of Latvia was historically indebted to culture. The phenomenon of cultural identity, so important 12 years ago when Latvian independence was regained, is largely ignored by politicians in the upcoming enlargement process. This is especially worth attention since the 8-th parliamentary elections took place in October 2002. The obvious lack of interest in cultural issues on the part of politicians is compensated by the apprehensions in the society (reflected in mass media) to loose Latvian specific culture and identity when joining the big European family.

In the west part of Trelleborg, on previous farmland a new society is under construction. It is situated right next to the ocean and close to the European freeway. Eight types of villages, all with different kind of architecture will be built in the area, one of them is Torns Village built by Skanska and Ikea. A concept called BoKlok. This specific village consists of twelve houses and five apartment buildings. They are all somewhat classical in their appearance with wooden panel, but at the same time they have a modern touch.

The aim of this essay is to illustrate a modern phenomenon, the Olympic Games, by applying the ideas of Mircea Eliade concerning space, time and myth. This literature study is mainly divided in two parts, one descriptive and one analytic. In the first part Eliade?s ideas and some criticism, which has been pointed against his theoretical approaches as well as his character, are presented. In the second part an analysis is carried out, based on the previously presented ideas and elements essential for the Olympics; the idea of the Olympics, the place, the ceremonies, the competition and the concept of individual idolism.I have discussed what seems like gnostic tendencies in Eliade?s ideas, in the sense that both Eliade?s ideas and the concept of Gnosticism argue that knowledge is a necessary condition for salvation, as well as the fact that Eliade and his ideas have not always a pro-Christian approach.

Examensarbetet handlar om att undersöka och jämföra några skolor om teknikanvändning under NO-undervisningen i årskurs 4. Studien ger en bild av hur skolan och lärarna ser på användning av tekniska hjälpmedel i undervisningen samt elevernas förväntningar på teknisk redskap i skolan. Arbetet bygger på en kvalitativ inriktad studie med hjälp av intervjuer och en enkätundersökning. Studien visade att tekniska redskap i skolan används på olika sätt beroende på läraren och skolans resurser.  .

The purpose of this essay is to investigate modern influence in the painting Strömkarlen, by Ernst Josephson. Strömkarlen was painted 1884 in Norway. First the essay performed an investigation of earlier researchers statements to establish a ?common truth? that puts the painting in a realistic/naturalistic-romantic context. With the help of Yve-Alain Bois? model, where he sees art from the painters point of wiew, it was possible to use two articles, written by Ernst Josephson in the fall of 1884, where he debates the conditions for art and artists in Sweden.

The aim of this study is to analyze how individuals experience their eating disorder, the focus being if anorexia may be perceived as a secure safe zone in the new modern world. The aim is to examine if individuals affected with anorexia nervosa understand the disorder as a solution to the modern worlds changes and the new individual freedom that it entails. This will be analyzed with the help of terms in Erich Fromms theories about escape mechanisms and Catarina Kinnvalls theories about the modern worlds ontological insecurity.The study is based on data collected from four informants of different ages and gender. The interviews were conducted through email and informants were chosen based on a strategic selection and snowball sampling. For the analysis of the empirical material Fromms escape mechanisms (authoritarianism, destructiveness and automaton conformity) and Kinnvalls theories of identity in the modern world have been used.The results of the analysis show that the eating disorder has a great significance for the individual construction and maintenance of identity and that the eating disorder becomes a safe zone to retreat to in a world of performance anxiety.

Studien undersöker huruvida Marx och Engels, i det Kommunistiska manifestet, beskriver en folkrörelse utifrån moderna samhällsvetenskapliga kriterier. Vidare undersöks om samma manifest ser idrotten - en del av folkrörelsen - som en ingrediens för att förverkliga Marx och Engels idé om det kommunistiska samhället. Resultatet visar på att det som skrivs av författarna är lika med en modern folkrörelse, men också att idrotten inte ses som viktig för att förverkliga idéerna..

AbstractTitle:?It?s time to break the rules?, Female writing in a post revolutionary Egypt Year: 2013Author: Teresa Egfors GergesKeywords: the modern Arabic short story, Egyptian female writers, the Egyptian revolution, romanticism, realism, modernism, Modern Standard Arabic, Cairo Arabic.The purpose of this essay is to analyze four stories, written by Egyptian women and published after the Egyptian revolution, namely; A?wal mimm? yanbagh? and Qi??a shatwiyya by Hanan Elbadawi and Bint r?gil and Sam?ra ?-?ar?b?sh? by Shaimaa Elmaria. The stories of the essay are analyzed by the questions:? What are the themes? ? What kind of language and style is it? ? What are the messages?The essay is based on a comparing analyze, the stories are especially analyzed by Sabry Hafez? theories about the modern Arabic short story. Interviews with the two writers have been made.

Om man ser Rimboprojektet i ett samhällsperspektiv kan man säga att det har fler tankeväckande insikter att förmedla:1) etikprojektet har inneburit en förändring mot en större etisk medvetenhet i gruppen som helhet, och mot en större uppmärksamhet på etikfrågorna i hela omsorgsförvaltningen2) utbildningsprocessen har bidragit till ett gemensamt språk om begreppet etik relaterat till yrkesidentiteten3) behovet av nya samarbetsformer och ett mera effektivt sätt att ta vara på de resurser som finns inom organisationen har påvisats inom omsorgsförvaltningenSlutsatsUtbildningsinsatsen har skapat ett gynnsamt läge för att fortsätta att arbeta med etikfrågorna i förvaltningen för att tydligt formulera de värderingar som ska vara gemensamma för alla medarbetare. Man har lagt en gedigen grund för att bygga en framtid utifrån en gemensam målsättning där alla får delta på lika villkor..

he purpose of this master thesis is to learn more about the ancient Alexandrian Library. The method used in this thesis is methodology of history, especially a critical attitude when it comes to evaluating the ancient texts. I put forward three questions to which I desire to find answers. First: What do the sources from Antiquity tell about the Alexandrian library? Second: How do modern writers of books on the subject use these sources? Thirdly: I look into the possible historical and cultural reasons that the first of the Ptolemaic kings could have had for establishing the Mouseion and the Library of Alexandria.

The purpose of the present study is to investigate mindfulness as a New Age phenomenon in the modern western society. Since a religious phenomenon does not exist in a vacuum, but is dependent on its historical and cultural context, my aim is to give a broad depiction of mindfulness and New Age in its wider context, the historical background and the societal implications of common values, themes and concepts that are frequent in the literature, how mindfulness is presented by the authors of popular literature and also how it is presented in science. In order to bring forward a deeper understanding of New Age and mindfulness? role in the modern western society, my intention is to see how the authors of mindfulness claim validity of their doctrines in the discourse. Mindfulness attracts a wide range of perpetrators and is used in many areas in the society today.