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Care Ethics And Paternalism: A Beauvoirian Approach, Deniz Durmus
Care Ethics And Paternalism: A Beauvoirian Approach, Deniz Durmus
2022 Faculty Bibliography
Feminist care ethics has become a prominent ethical theory that influenced theoretical and practical discussions in a variety of disciplines and institutions on a global scale. However, it has been criticized by transnational feminist scholars for operating with Western-centric assumptions and registers, especially by universalizing care as it is practiced in the Global North. It has also been criticized for prioritizing gender over other categories of intersectionality and hence for not being truly intersectional. Given the imperialist and colonial legacies embedded into the unequal distribution of care work across the globe, a Western-centric approach may also carry the danger of …
Patriarchal Dynamics In Politics: How Anne Boleyn’S Femininity Brought Her Power And Death, Rebecca Ries-Roncalli
Patriarchal Dynamics In Politics: How Anne Boleyn’S Femininity Brought Her Power And Death, Rebecca Ries-Roncalli
Senior Honors Projects
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The Sociology Of Staying: Persistent Activism And The Benedictine Sisters Of Erie, Theresa Avila-John
The Sociology Of Staying: Persistent Activism And The Benedictine Sisters Of Erie, Theresa Avila-John
Masters Essays
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What Happened To Feminism?: A Comparative Study Of Feminism In Ireland And Great Britain From 1919-1939, Emily Uterhark
What Happened To Feminism?: A Comparative Study Of Feminism In Ireland And Great Britain From 1919-1939, Emily Uterhark
Masters Essays
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Practicing Politics With Foucault And Kant: Toward A Critical Life, Dianna Taylor
Practicing Politics With Foucault And Kant: Toward A Critical Life, Dianna Taylor
Philosophy
This paper problematizes the claim that Michel Foucault’s work is normatively lacking and therefore possesses only limited political relevance. While Foucault does not articulate a traditional normative framework for political activity, I argue that his work nonetheless reflects certain normative commitments to, for example, practicing freedom and improving the state of the world. I elucidate these commitments by sketching out Foucault’s notion of critique as a mode of existence charac- terized by practices of the self, arguing that such practices possess political significance within the context of what Foucault refers to as a way of life, and analyzing points of …