Department of Religion, Philosophy and History: Recent submissions
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Ariadnetråden i Nietzsches Labyrint: Hvordan finne den «Virkelige Nietzsche»
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)I denne artikkelen argumenterer jeg for at det finnes indre retningslinjer i Nietzsches verk – en ariadnetråd – som viser hvilke av hans ideer og hvilke av hans verk som har eksegetisk fortrinn. Ved å følge disse retningslinjene ... -
Accommodation of ash scattering in contemporary Norwegian governance of death and religion/worldview
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)With the analysis of the scattering ashes in a Norwegian context as its point of departure, the article sets out to explore ash scattering and how it relates to the governance of deathscape and religion/worldview in the ... -
Heritability and Etiology: Heritability estimates can provide causally relevant information
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Can heritability estimates provide causal information? This paper argues for an affirmative answer: since a non-nil heritability estimate satisfies certain characteristic properties of causation (i.e., association, ... -
Jødedomsundervisning i fagfornyelsen: Minoritetsreligioner i dybdelæringens æra
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)I den nye læreplanen for KRLE (LK20) nevnes religioner og livssyn eksplisitt ved navn i mye mindre grad enn tidligere, noe flere har uttrykt uro for at vil føre til at minoritetsreligioner og -livssyn blir ignorert i ... -
Hans Nielsen Hauge – religiøse mål og politiske konsekvenser
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Intoruction to Plunder for Profit : A Socio-Environmental History of Tobacco Farming in Southern Rhodesia and Zimbabwe.
(African Studies Series, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2023)Exploring over a century of Zimbabwe's colonial and post-colonial history, Elijah Doro investigates the murky and noxious history of that powerful crop: tobacco. In a compelling narrative that debunks previous histories ... -
Hans Nilsen Hauge as a societal reformer. Theological justifications
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)I denne artikkelen argumenterer vi for at Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771–1824) først og fremst bør betraktes som en religiøs leder. Han var ikke forkynneren som utviklet seg til å bli en politisk opprører og en sosial og økonomisk ... -
Scholars as knowledge actors : Taking the knowledge paradigm personally
(History of Knowledge; no. 3, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2023)This essay is a suggestion that we should take the knowledge paradigm personally—or at least professionally.1 What if historians of knowledge employed the insight gained from studying knowledge in the past to recreate ... -
Mot en kontekstuell forståelse av fordomsbegrepet.
(Chapter, 2021)Psykologiske, samfunnsvitenskapelige og humanistiske fagtradisjoner forstår begrepet fordom ulikt, noe som får betydning for hvilke handlinger som blir foreslått for å motarbeide fordommer. Vi argumenterer for at fordommer ... -
The Value of Forgeries for Historical Research
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2023)All objects provide us with insights into the historical contexts in which they appear. In this chapter, we argue that dichotomizing between the forgery on the one hand and the authentic on the other is troublesome. Putting ... -
Decolonizing imperial epistemologies in African environmental historiography : chemical violence, postcoloniality and new narratives of the toxic epidemic in Africa
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)African history and environmental history have had negligible impact on each other. The field of environmental history has had limited traction in influencing the writing of African history and generating critical discourses ... -
From promise to practice: humanitarian digital identities in the forced migration context
(Master thesis, 2023)A panoply of different actors are turning to the promises of emerging and digital technologies to address global forced migration and identification (ID) challenges. At the forefront is the humanitarian field, a sector ... -
Moralsk ansvar for handlinger til autonome våpensystemer
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Spørsmålet om hvem som bør holdes ansvarlig for handlingene til autonom teknologi er blitt aktualisert de siste tiårene. Utvikling innenfor kunstig intelligens har ført til mer kapable roboter som kan utføre kompliserte ... -
Humor og ytringsfrihet: Hvordan endringer i formelle- og uformelle normer skaper endring i humorens innhold, form og utførsel
(Master thesis, 2023)The thesis is a study within humor and freedom of speech, where my goal is to examine changes in formal and informal norms and how these changes shape the content, form and execution of norwegian humor. To adress the ... -
Enevoldsstatens verksby: Aktører og strukturer i dansketidens Kongsberg
(Master thesis, 2023)Abstract In the 17th and 18th centuries, a number of new urban communities emerged in Norway. Closely connected to The Silver Works, the most important mining industry in the absolutist kingdom of Denmark-Norway, Kongsberg ... -
Planetary Ethics: Rereading Seyla Benhabib in the Age of Climate Refugees
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In the Anthropocene, humans are drastically impacting the Earth system. Though the numbers are disputed, millions of climate refugees might soon appear worldwide due to, for example, rising sea levels. To better tackle ... -
Innovasjon og digital transformasjon i offentlig sektor. En studie av stimulabprosjektet alvorlig sykt barn og et system av mottaksaktørers modenhet.
(Master thesis, 2023)I dette arbeidet har jeg sett på tematikken innovasjon og digital transformasjon i norsk offentlig sektor. Dette har jeg gjort gjennom å se på stimulabordningen og prosjektet alvorlig sykt barn. Jeg tar i arbeidet ... -
Modern religion as vestigial structure: An evolutionary account of secularisation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This article offers a new solution to a theoretical problem facing scholars attempting to interpret religion and secularisation in light of biological evolution. Some scholars argue that the diversity of religious beliefs ... -
Arendal 1650-1723 - en monopolby eller en konkurranseby?
(Chapter, 2022)The small town of Arendal, including the surrounding areas, became the second largest shipping region in Norway around 1700, due to the concentration of power and wealth in the hands of a few families and social networks, ... -
Seeing Red: Menstrual Art and Political Portraiture in the Trump Era
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In the middle of the 2015 United States presidential election race, artist Sarah Levy made a portrait of candidate Donald Trump with her menstrual blood. The work referenced Trump’s comments about menstruation during a ...