Project Title: Self-Transformation for Self-Governance: The Ethics of Ea in the Hawaiian Movement for Life
Natasha Patel, Stanford University
Natasha Patel is a PhD candidate in political science. Her work theorizes about social movements, especially those that seek to address deep, structural causes of contemporary problems. In her case examples, Hawaiian sovereignty, prison industrial complex abolition, and Christian Dominionism, she asks: “why do some movements that seek vast structural change ask their members to undergo a highly localized politics of personal transformation?” The research reveals why some “highly aspirational” political movements theorize a strong connection between structural transformation and personal transformation and encourages us to consider how personal practices are socially transformative.
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