This thesis explores collective standards in relation to the possibilities of becoming a part of Danish society as a Dane with another ethnicity. I argue that collective standards should be grasped from a dialectical point of view where standards are created by subjects but at the same time creates subjects. This thesis is based on two theoretical perspectives: Semiotic Cultural Psychology and Critical Psychology.
Read MoreThis bachelor thesis examines the concept of stigmatization related to schizophrenia and its effects on the individual. It is explored how different understandings of schizophrenia can contribute to stigmatization. Based on theories of stigmatization, it is argued that the stigmatization that people with schizophrenia experience may result in a decrease of agency and possibilities of action.
Read MoreThis paper examines the contrasts between experimental social psychological approaches and ethnographic, interactionist approaches to nonverbal communication and intimacy in face-to-face interaction.
Read MoreThis dissertation sets out to explore the grounds on which the term Internet Addiction is based. The concept is not yet accepted in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), as there are substantial inconsistencies in the definitions and diagnostic tools of the disorder. This dissertation looks closely and critically at the empirical foundation of Internet Addiction and proposes several interventions and a suggestion for a future study.
Read MoreThis project takes as its starting point the idea of transnational economic competition as a structural condition for the subject, and how it affect subjective choices and desires. The question is raised why this globalizing development is not regarded as a historical-ideological process but as a basic living condition?
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