Dedication To my grandmother, my parents and Jia, thanks for their support and love. iii Acknowledgements This dissertation could not have been finished without many people's support and help. The person I am mostly appreciated for is my advisor: Dr. Barry Boehm. How lucky I am to be his student and work with him for almost 4 years. I cannot achieve today's goal without his consistent guidance,...

I am a student of philosophy. In the beginning I had actually thought of studying music, not so much because I love music – but because music has never caused war. Only words produce war, and, having become afraid of words, I thought – why not study music and become a conductor? But then I chose philosophy – because of the questions it involves; and I almost left philosophy – because of the ans...

iii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Obviously, completing a huge task like researching and writing a dissertation is nothing I could do by myself. Many people have helped me over the last five-plus years to get through this process known as a Ph.D. Some have helped with professional advisement and encouragement, while others given me unconditional love and support during these years and the rest of my life. Fi...

through a mystical glance, jami looks, understands and explains the universe. in such an interpretation, love is the most determining concept. love, in this view, isn’t just an emotional relation between two humans- though it is too- but is a widespread and pervasive category that helps you to find creation stimulus and interrelations in different universal phenomenon. what stimulate god to cre...

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This dissertation is dedicated to my parents Mamatsaba and Ohentse, my siblings Lerato and Lebogang, my cousin siblings Diau, Keneilwe, Ntsane and my grandmother Sponkie. 2 Acknowledgements I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the following: God, for I am a product of his mercy and love. This has been a successful year and I know I could not have done it alone. Thank you Father. Prof...

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Through magazine advertising, the ideal body image represented in the U.S. media has affected people in other parts of the world. The idea of body dissatisfaction, which was at one time only common in Western culture, has spread to South Korea, and other cultures that are influenced by Confucianism. This ideal body image represented in the U.S. media is even more harmful to women from South Kor...