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Judith Pamela Butler (born February 24, 1956) is an American philosopher and gender studies scholar whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics, and the fields of third-wave feminism, queer theory, and literary theory.
Jun 27, 2024 · Judith Butler, American academic whose theories of the performative nature of gender and sex were influential within Francocentric philosophy, cultural theory, queer theory, and some schools of philosophical feminism from the late 20th century. Their best-known book is Gender Trouble (1990).
Apr 29, 2024 · In January, the American philosopher Judith Butler and the South African artist William Kentridge took part in a public conversation in Paris about atrocity and its representations.
Oct 19, 2022 · Learn how the American philosopher and gender theorist Judith Butler challenges essentialist understandings of gender and argues for non-violence and justice. Explore their key concepts of gender performativity, grievable life and precarity.
Mar 8, 2024 · Gender theorist Judith Butler: ‘What are they frightened of exactly?’ The philosopher on what defines a woman, the scapegoating of trans people — and why it’s OK to stumble over pronouns ...
Judith Butler is a Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Critical Theory at UC Berkeley. They are a renowned scholar of gender, sexuality, philosophy, and politics, and the author of several influential books.
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity is a book by the post-structuralist gender theorist and philosopher Judith Butler in which the author argues that gender is performative, meaning that it is maintained, created or perpetuated by iterative repetitions when speaking and interacting with each other.
