Seit mehr als 2500 Jahren sind Geschlechterkonzepte heiß umkämpft. Zur Orientierung in diesen Auseinandersetzungen ist es wichtig, ihre Traditionen ebenso wie eroberte Alternativen zu kennen. Simone de Beauvoirs Konzepte der "Existenz" und "sexuellen Differenzierung" und Hannah …
Seit mehr als 2500 Jahren sind Geschlechterkonzepte heiß umkämpft. Zur Orientierung in diesen Auseinandersetzungen ist es wichtig, ihre Traditionen ebenso wie eroberte Alternativen zu kennen. Simone de Beauvoirs Konzepte der "Existenz" und "sexuellen Differenzierung" und Hannah …
There is a dearth of quantitative research examining the public stigma of Tourette syndrome (TS), and no known studies assessing public perceptions of difference (how similar they are), disdain (how bad they are), and blame (how responsible they are) toward individuals with TS. …
Ecofeminist Val Plumwood (1993) articulates that the dualistic logic which pervades Western culture operates by distorting difference and establishing hierarchical relationships based on that distortion. She identifies 5 aspects of hierarchical relationships that function to uph…
This thesis examines why, in spite of three decades of EO policy, workplace inequality persists between women and men. At the heart of this is the explicit question of whether the law is an effective vehicle for change. This thesis researches and analyses the four predominant ar…
This thesis argues the question of peace in Northern Ireland, and perhaps beyond, cannot be founded on tolerance, equality, or mutual understanding among persons. Peace cannot reside within a horizon of sameness, whereby bodies are posited as either dualistic or in-common. Both …
This thesis examines young people’s preferences for social interaction with others perceived to be similar and different, and school staff’s interpretations of the young people’s social behaviour. The issue is explored with reference to a tension between social inclusion, the pr…
This dissertation seeks to recover the relational quality of the Holy Spirit who is the Lord and the Giver of life as enshrined in the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed (381). Neo-Scholastic theology had utilized the conceptual categories of Aristotelian metaphysics with its orien…