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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"existential theory"”.
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Kierkegaard's Existential Theory of the Political.
… seriously investigated whether Kierkegaard had a theory of the political or not. This thesis questions the absence of this literature. The central argument of this thesis is that Kierkegaard developed a theory of the political which was principally grounded in his existentialist concerns and …
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Art and recovery: Utilizing art therapy to promote progression within a 12-step porgram for adults recovering from alcoholism and alcohol abuse disorder
… a 12-step art guideline using principles of existential theory to assist in this process. The population studied included fifteen adults in the greater San Francisco Bay area who were currently in recovery from alcoholism or alcohol use disorder. The study, which was conducted entirely …
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On folding and unfolding with linkages and origami
We revisit foundational questions in the kinetic theory of linkages and origami, investigating their folding/unfolding behaviors and the computational complexity thereof. In Chapter 2, we exactly settle the complexity of realizability, rigidity, and global rigidy for graphs and linkages in the …
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Full of empty promises? Exploring what drug use achieves for the individual
… attempt to explain drug use, Edward Khantzian's theory of self-medication was chosen to help structure a crossdisciplinary literature search. This facilitated an emphasis on the use of drugs to self-manage physical and emotional states within a social context. It emerged from the search that …
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An Existential Perspective on the Role of Human Agency in the Retraining of Immigrant Skilled Workers in Canada
… the role of human agency in dealing with the existential givens of their Canadian career re-development. Twenty participants, 11 females and 9 males between the ages of 30 and 50, were interviewed for this study. The participants held at least a bachelor’s degree and had at least 3 years of …
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Public school response to the trauma of school shootings.
Public school shootings in the United States have reached levels of epidemic concern. Current research related to U.S. school shootings addresses a variety of issues including historical analysis, political influences and policymaking, prevention efforts for school shootings, and risk factors for …