Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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The Transcendental Turn: Kant's Critical Philosophy, Contemporary Theory, And Popular Culture

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Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Mitchell, Kevin Michael, Thesis advisor (ths): O'Connor, Alan, Degree committee member (dgc): Holdsworth, David, Degree committee member (dgc): Mitchell, Liam, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This dissertation traces the concept of transcendentalism from Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (1781) to Michel Foucault's historical a priori and Pierre Bourdieu's field and habitus, with implicit reference to Deleuze's `transcendental empiricism,' and the influence this trajectory has had on contemporary theory and culture. This general conceptual framework is… more
Full Text:         THE  TRANSCENDENTAL  TURN:   KANT’S  CRITICAL  PHILOSOPHY,  CONTEMPORARY  THEORY,  AND  POPULAR   CULTURE         A  Dissertation  Submitted  to  the  Committee  on  Graduate  Studies  in  Partial   Fulfillment  of  the  Requirements  for  the …

Control, Surveillance and Subjective Commodification on Facebook

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Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Revoy, Spencer, Thesis advisor (ths): Mitchell, Liam, Degree committee member (dgc): Hollinger, Veronica, Degree committee member (dgc): Murakami Wood, David, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This thesis is a theoretical study of Facebook's surveillance project. It begins by taking one of the predominant organizational forms of modern surveillance, Foucaultian panopticism, and examining the ways in which its form, along with Foucault's broader model of the disciplinary society, is realized, remixed and extended by Facebook's virtual form. Following this… more
Full Text: CONTROL, SURVEILLANCE AND SUBJECTIVE COMMODIFICATION ON FACEBOOK A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences TRENT UNIVERSITY …

Flesh Made Real: The Production, Reception, and Interpretation of Transgender Narratives

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Year: 2013, 2013
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Deshane, Evelyn, Thesis advisor (ths): Eddy, Charmaine, Degree committee member (dgc): Chivers, Sally, Degree committee member (dgc): McGuire, Kelly, Degree committee member (dgc): Mitchell, Liam, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This thesis examines what the term "transgender narrative" represents at this particular time and location. I do this by examining various methods of transgender storytelling through different forms of media production, including autobiography, film, novels, and online platforms such as Tumblr and YouTube. In chapter one, I look at the production of novels and the value system… more
Full Text: FLESH MADE REAL: THE PRODUCTION, RECEPTION, AND INTERPRETATION OF TRANSGENDER NARRATIVES A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts and Science …