Bachelor thesis | Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (BSc)
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Unconditional love is theorized across different fields to be key for making our politics more forgiving and our social justice more effective. This is because of love’s 1) willed character in...Show moreUnconditional love is theorized across different fields to be key for making our politics more forgiving and our social justice more effective. This is because of love’s 1) willed character in contrast to mere sentimentalism, 2) its dynamic tendency towards turning love into action and help, 3) the forgiveness it brings that is necessary for embracing the heterogeneity of politics, 4) the purpose and embrace it can give to the anger that sprouts out of societal injustice, 5) the embodiedness and personal touch that they give to policies of care, and 6) a common interest with justice towards giving loveable people what they deserve. However, this is not just theory, and as a proper anthropologist I have shown how different actors longing for social justice put this love-justice relation into practice. Ranging from meditating to embody love and turn political and societal ideals of embrace into a reality, to seeing love as entailing and impulsing a drive towards LGBT+ inclusion campaigns and justice, all across the world love is employed as a vital component for making a better world. I have argued that unconditional love has a wide variety of benefits it can bring to social justice, both seen by academics and by actors that put this into practice. Because in the end, love’s dynamic character cannot let us sit still when we see that those we love deserve better.Show less
This thesis aims to answer the question: “How can states balance their peace-justice dilemma’s in the Russia-Ukraine conflict?” It will take a qualitative case study approach using primary and...Show moreThis thesis aims to answer the question: “How can states balance their peace-justice dilemma’s in the Russia-Ukraine conflict?” It will take a qualitative case study approach using primary and secondary data and analyze how various levels of state intervention impact the peacejustice dilemmas states face when intervening in a conflict. This thesis will provide a comprehensive review of the existing literature on the topic and create a theoretical framework from which to analyze the case. This research finds that although various levels of state intervention can have a certain degree of impact on a state’s peace-justice dilemma, there is no “perfect” solution to the dilemma as it remains present to some degree.Show less
This thesis shall examine two conceptions of justice, proposed by Rawls and Young respectively, and the society that flows from said conceptions, in order to evaluate them and conclude that they...Show moreThis thesis shall examine two conceptions of justice, proposed by Rawls and Young respectively, and the society that flows from said conceptions, in order to evaluate them and conclude that they are not able to resolve and prevent injustices. These philosophers are the focus of this thesis as they both attempt to measure and resolve injustice, with Rawls focused on equality and distributive issues whilst Young takes an approach based on resolving oppression by respecting group differences. Existing debates in political philosophy can largely be separated into two categories. Arguably the biggest debates are to be found in the category in which Young’s and Rawls’s work can also be found, revolving around the question of what the best possible society would look like. These discussions, however, assume that there is a satisfying answer to debates that fall in the other category, which includes all discussions surrounding the question of whether states are or can be good at all. By evaluating the societies proposed by Rawls and Young this thesis is situated in the first category of discussion, though avoids the assumption that a state is good or justifiable. Instead, this thesis will attempt to bridge the gap between the discussions by noting the injustices caused by these proposed systems of government, opening the door for the inclusion of anarchist philosophy in discussions about the best possible way to order a society.Show less
Looking at the possibility of violence in local manifestations of global protest movements can help predict the likelihood of violence occurring during new instances of protest. Looing at Occupy...Show moreLooking at the possibility of violence in local manifestations of global protest movements can help predict the likelihood of violence occurring during new instances of protest. Looing at Occupy Wall Street and the Global Justice movement and their local chapters in New York, London and Hamburg has led to several insights. Despite the disconnect between conflict and violence, the underlying logic of using violence as a repertoire of contention becomes evident. The time available for both the preparation of the protest and the response from the authorities do play a role in determining the degree of violence. Spontaneous protests, such as Occupy Wall Street in New York and London only were met with attention, and later violence, when their primary goal of public deliberation became evident. The violence was coupled with attempts at eviction. In case of Global Justice Movement protests as a response to the G20 summits in London and Hamburg, the activists had a longer time to prepare, which gave the authorities to prepare a response. Moreover, the protesters only had a limited time available and had to utilise that time to make their demands known. It appears, therefor, that the temporality of a protest is a significant factor in the likelihood of violence.Show less
In het volgende stuk zal worden geanalyseerd in welke mate intergenerationele rechtvaardigheid toepasbaar is in onze huidige maatschappij. Gedurende de laatste jaren is klimaatproblematiek en...Show moreIn het volgende stuk zal worden geanalyseerd in welke mate intergenerationele rechtvaardigheid toepasbaar is in onze huidige maatschappij. Gedurende de laatste jaren is klimaatproblematiek en schaarste een steeds grotere rol gaan spelen in de internationale politiek en er zijn enkele sombere voorspellingen gedaan over de toekomst. De manier waarop wij voor de toekomst zorgen is echter niet een volledig deel van ons politiek systeem: vraagstukken over de verdeling van goederen en mogelijkheden spelen zich vooral af als een sociale discussie binnen de huidige wereld. Met toekomstige generaties is echter niet altijd rekening te houden.Show less
De manier waarop de mens de aarde op dit moment gebruikt, is een extreme belasting van de ecosystemen op aarde. De effecten hiervan zijn terug te zien in de massale uitsterving van vissen, de...Show moreDe manier waarop de mens de aarde op dit moment gebruikt, is een extreme belasting van de ecosystemen op aarde. De effecten hiervan zijn terug te zien in de massale uitsterving van vissen, de mondiale ontbossing, de uitbreiding van woestijnen, stijging van CO2 in de atmosfeer, bodemerosie, klimaatverandering, dalende grondwaterspiegels, smeltende gletsjers, stijging van de zeespiegel, opdrogende rivieren, uitsterving van diersoorten en daling van biodiversiteit (Brown, 2004:8). De groeiende wereldbevolking vormt een bedreiging voor de nu al overbelaste ecosystemen (United Nations, 2011).Show less
In dit artikel wordt onderzocht of Rawls zijn rechtvaardigheidsprincipes uit A Theory of Justice toepast op de familie, en zo gender gelijkheid bevordert. Ik beargumenteer dat Rawls zijn principes...Show moreIn dit artikel wordt onderzocht of Rawls zijn rechtvaardigheidsprincipes uit A Theory of Justice toepast op de familie, en zo gender gelijkheid bevordert. Ik beargumenteer dat Rawls zijn principes niet toepast op de familie. De familie creëert een dilemma in de theorie van Political Liberalism. Om het reasonable pluralism van Political Liberalism te handhaven ziet Rawls af om zijn rechtvaardigheidstheorie toe te passen op de familie.Show less
