Ödets teater
Subtitle: ödesföreställningar i Sverige vid 1700-talets början
By: Andreas Hellerstedt
Publisher: Nordic Academic Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lund
Language: swe
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9789185509249
Subjects: Fate and fatalism; History; Early works to 1800; Fortune; Providence and government of God; Intellectual life
Description: "The purpose of this dissertation is to study the function of the conceptions of Fate in political contexts as well as in views on society, in early 18th century Sweden. The investigation is centered on three main concepts, namely Providence (lat. providentia), Fate (lat. fatum) and Fortune (lat. fortuna)"--English summary, p. 203.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-259) and index.