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What is unattainable? Rethinking utopia and degrowth as a different social imaginary

Larsson, Wictoria LU (2023) STVK12 20231
Department of Political Science
Abstract (Swedish)
The aim of this thesis is to investigate how degrowth is represented in Swedish media. It uses Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to analyse the empirical material, consisting of 31 articles from four different newspapers in Sweden. The theoretical framework is called nomadic utopianism, a utopianism which is based on the concept of radical imminence, i.e to do things in the present without having a perfect, blue-print society in mind. The literature review consists of research about degrowth and an ally of degrowth, post-development, which provides the background to the research question. The research question is phrased as follows; how is degrowth represented in Swedish newspapers? The analysis identifies six main themes which serve as... (More)
The aim of this thesis is to investigate how degrowth is represented in Swedish media. It uses Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to analyse the empirical material, consisting of 31 articles from four different newspapers in Sweden. The theoretical framework is called nomadic utopianism, a utopianism which is based on the concept of radical imminence, i.e to do things in the present without having a perfect, blue-print society in mind. The literature review consists of research about degrowth and an ally of degrowth, post-development, which provides the background to the research question. The research question is phrased as follows; how is degrowth represented in Swedish newspapers? The analysis identifies six main themes which serve as the findings; a) pro-degrowth, b) pro-growth, c) green growth, d) limits to growth, e) themes within degrowth without advocating degrowth and finally, f) other observations. The six themes are discussed and related to the theoretical framework. Last, concluding remarks. (Less)
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author
Larsson, Wictoria LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK12 20231
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Degrowth, utopianism, growth, post-development, sustainable development
language
English
id
9117344
date added to LUP
2023-09-07 17:06:39
date last changed
2023-09-07 17:06:39
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  abstract     = {{The aim of this thesis is to investigate how degrowth is represented in Swedish media. It uses Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to analyse the empirical material, consisting of 31 articles from four different newspapers in Sweden. The theoretical framework is called nomadic utopianism, a utopianism which is based on the concept of radical imminence, i.e to do things in the present without having a perfect, blue-print society in mind. The literature review consists of research about degrowth and an ally of degrowth, post-development, which provides the background to the research question. The research question is phrased as follows; how is degrowth represented in Swedish newspapers? The analysis identifies six main themes which serve as the findings; a) pro-degrowth, b) pro-growth, c) green growth, d) limits to growth, e) themes within degrowth without advocating degrowth and finally, f) other observations. The six themes are discussed and related to the theoretical framework. Last, concluding remarks.}},
  author       = {{Larsson, Wictoria}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{What is unattainable? Rethinking utopia and degrowth as a different social imaginary}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}