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- Albrektson, Anna, 1966-, et al.
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Cool Nature : Utopian Landscapes in Sweden 1780–1840
- 2022
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Ingår i: Sjuttonhundratal. - : UiT The Arctic University of Norway. - 1652-4772 .- 2001-9866. ; 19, s. 94-116
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this essay, an interdisciplinary group of researchers sets out to address the period 1780–1840 in Sweden in a new way, by placing nature at its centre. With the help of ecocritical and transcultural theory, combined with renewed attention to the Swedish fine arts, learned discourses, and practices, we suggest a new approach to these revolutionary decades. The perceived dissonance, the interplay between climatic conditions and cultural template in early modern and modern Sweden, has not been fully addressed in current research, despite the fact that the relationship between humankind and the environment is a central issue in contemporary society and scholarship. Representations of nature situate the nation, they negotiate the relationship between a sensed reality and an ideal, between human and more-than-human beings. We suggest a focus on the unpredictable space created by negotiations of nature in Swedish representations during this crucial period, and, furthermore, on the ways in which this creative space is charged with utopian possibilities in the early Anthropocene. This is the background and the driving force of the planned research project ‘Cool Nature: Utopian Landscapes in Sweden 1780–1840’.
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- Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
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Dörren
- 2014
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Bok (populärvet., debatt m.m.)
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- Barrdunge, Mats, 1956-
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Upplysningens ljus i Norrland : Om fyra aktörer vid Härnösands gymnasium under 1700-talet
- 2024
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the occurrence of Enlightenment ideas in the central Northern part of Sweden during the 18th century, focussing on a carefully chosen set of characters: one bishop and three senior lecturers at the gymnasium of Härnösand, in the province of Ångermanland. This dissertation uses a perspective of circulation of knowledge, inspired by the research field of history of knowledge. The methodological approach in this study is to use a complex thematic definition with eight different components of Enlightenment in the analysis of relevant texts and writings by selected characters, supplemented with a contextual perspective.A center for the ecclesiastical culture of learning in Norrland was Härnösand, and the gymnasium was Norrland´s only higher education institution, north of Gävle, for 200 years between 1650 and 1850. During the 18th century, three senior lecturers were employed there, each working for the dissemination of Enlightenment ideas, through both writing and practical action: Magnus Stridsberg (1696–1772), Nils Gissler (1715–1771) and Pehr Hellzén (1744–1811). At the same time as these, the diocese was governed by Bishop Olof Kiörning (1704–1778), who was also the Supervisor of the gymnasium. He was influenced by Enlightenment ideas and showed a strong interest in advanced agriculture and contributed to the church taking greater part in the social and economic development. The first lecturer, Magnus Stridsberg, created new methods in agriculture concerning soil mixing, manure production and grain nurseries, but has mainly been remembered for his threshing machine which came into general use in central Norrland during the second half of the 18th century. The next lecturer, Nils Gissler, was Norrland´s first provincial physician and introduced a scientific approach to practical medicine in the region. With the dissemination of knowledge and a great deal of personal commitment, he showed interest in mental illness and treated his patients in his own home. He laid the foundation for an infrastructure for public health care in the province. He was a member of the Swedish Academy of Sciences and wrote many scientific papers, and in modern times has received international scientific recognition for the discovery of the inverted barometer effect. The third lecturer, Pehr Hellzén, was a pre-industrial contractor in the sawmill and shipbuilding industry in central Norrland and founded the shipyard and shipping company Wifstavarf in 1798. Hellzén gave an important inaugural speech when the new gymnasium was built: Om uplysningens verkan på människors och samhällens sällhet (On the effect of Enlightenment on the happiness of people and societies), printed in Swedish 1794. He gave Härnösand a special role within the Enlightenment, described as a driving force behind the development of science, education and economic in the region.The Enlightenment that developed in Härnösand can be summarized as a Christian ‘utilism’ with clear Enlightenment traits such as reason, experience-based science, the dissemination of knowledge, humanity, social reforms, religious tolerance & religion of reason, and utility & virtue. It rested on an evangelical Lutheran foundation, it regarded the meaning of ‘utilism’ in a broader sense than just financial gain, and included central Enlightenment ideas.
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- Ekström, Sara, 1989-
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Att styra genom känslor : Regeringskonst i tre gustavianska projekt
- 2023
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The eighteenth century is sometimes referred to as the Age of Sentiment. Emotions were attributed great importance, both as driving forces for human behaviour, and as a moral compass. They were also important in political rule. This also pertains to Sweden and the reign of Gustav III. Gustav (1746–1792) became king in 1771. One year later, in 1772, he staged a coup d’état, reintroducing a strong royal power after almost half a century of parliamentary rule. Two decades later he was assassinated by political opponents. This dissertation analyses ideas of government and human nature that were actualized in this late eighteenth-century context. More specifically, it examines discussions about technologies of government and subject formation in relation to three royal projects, launched in different periods of the reign of Gustav III: the Order of Vasa (1772), the National Dress (1778), and the Swedish Academy (1786). In the analysis, I am inspired by Michel Foucault's concept of governmentality. I particularly draw on Foucault’s description of a historically specific breakthrough – starting in the mid-eighteenth century – for a type of exercise of power that can be called liberal. I also draw on the research fields of History of Emotions and National Identity. In the discussions surrounding the three projects, one can see expressions of a type of logic of government that I, based on Foucauldian theory, call liberal. By this I mean that the population was regarded as constituted by subjects whose self-interested driving forces in the form of emotions and desires could be put into play – activated and channelled by the state in order to achieve various objectives. As long as these goals were perceived as beneficial for the society, the inherent morality of people’s desires was considered of less importance. However, other and older ideas of the best way of governing self-interested emotions and desires, such as what I call virtue-oriented politics of emotion, were also at play, interfering with the new, “liberal” ideas in various ways. In claiming that Gustav III’s politics of emotions can to some extent be characterized as liberal, I do not imply that the king had a liberal worldview or that he believed that society should be structured in an egalitarian manner. However, this dissertation argues that Gustav III and some of the people surrounding him experimented with government according to a liberal logic. I claim that the king made use of enlightenment ideas not only as inspiration for reforms or as means of branding himself as an enlightened monarch, but also as tools for theorizing about effective governance of the population. This shift in focus complicates the picture of the emergence of liberal government in Sweden. My examples show that liberal government may sometimes be preferred purely on the basis of the idea that it is effective, and on that basis even an eighteenth-century sovereign could experiment with it. This dissertation thus contributes to a more complex picture of the rule of Gustav III, as well as to a refined understanding of the history of liberal government.
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- Mansén, Elisabeth, 1954-
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Aforismer och strödda tankar : Inledning
- 2023
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Ingår i: Om poesi och vår förtjusning över naturens skönhet. - Stockholm : Ellerströms förlag. - 9789198576320 ; , s. 3-4
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Mansén, Elisabeth, 1954-
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Alfred Douglas and the Art of Autobiography
- 2022
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Ingår i: The Wildean: A Journal of Oscar Wilde Studies. - 1357-4949 .- 2634-8020. ; :60, s. 3-25
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)
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- Mansén, Elisabeth, 1954-
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Anarkism och feminism i kärleksfull förening
- 2009
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Ingår i: Mary Wollstonecraft. Författaren av Till försvar för kvinnans rättigheter.. - Umeå : H:ström Text & kultur. - 9789173271134 ; , s. 123-147
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Mansén, Elisabeth, 1954-
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Charles Fourier och sinnenas kunskap
- 2008
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Ingår i: Kunskapens kretsar. - Lund : Bokförlaget Signum. - 9789187896903
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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- Mansén, Elisabeth, 1954-
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Ditt ansikte över tingen genom sinnena
- 2023
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Ingår i: Syner av grönt i vattenskuggan. - : Edition Tegnér. - 9789198706970 ; , s. 19-22
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Bokkapitel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)
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