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Dissertation Information for Sara L. Puotinen

NAME:
- Sara L. Puotinen

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Women's Studies

SCHOOL:
- Emory University (USA) (2006)

ADVISORS:
- Cynthia Willett

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- Pamela M. Hall
- Elizabeth Bounds

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: Feminist ethics and the project of democracy

Abstract: Feminism is currently in crisis. It has lost much of its vitality, direction and cohesiveness. In order for feminism to recover from this crisis and restore its vitality, purpose and sense of connection, feminists must develop and sustain a radically democratic ethos. This ethos is one in which pluralism and the irreducibility of differences between and among feminists is encouraged. And it is one in which the questioning of feminism\'s key terms and the critical debate and creative experimentation that this questioning generates is emphasized. Taking these assertions about the democratic ethos as my starting point, my dissertation focuses on exploring and answering the question: How can feminists develop and sustain a radically democratic ethos? In asking this question, I am particularly interested in exploring the types of resources that exist within feminism for individuals to draw on in their efforts to develop and practice a democratic ethos (chapters two and three). And I am interested in exploring what kind of individual and collective work feminists must do in order to create and sustain that ethos (chapter four). While this dissertation does examine the politics of feminist democracy, it is fundamentally an ethical study, one that (in the broadest sense) fits in the category of virtue ethics.

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calculated 2008-02-24 14:39:24

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