Browsing by Subject "self"
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(2017-09-18)Department: PsychologyAnomalous or weakened sense of self was central to early theories of schizophrenia. Recent empirical studies have also documented disturbances in body ownership and increased susceptibility for dissociative experiences ...
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(2012-12-06)Department: SociologyIn this dissertation, I examine the social world of deep brain stimulation and its use in the treatment of people with movement disorders, including Parkinson's Disease, Essential Tremor, and Dystonia. Through ethnography, ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2010-04-29)
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(2006-10-30)Department: ReligionThis project analyzes the effects of consumerism on identity and consumerism’s misunderstanding of freedom and identity. The dissertation argues that identity cannot be easily defined because paradoxically it does not ...
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(2022-04-21)Department: ReligionChristian worship creates a formative space which takes shape through the participation of individuals and shapes individuals in return. This dissertation builds a model based on George Herbert Mead’s developmental theory ...