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Learn about Judith Butler's life, education, works, and contributions to feminist theory, queer theory, and political philosophy. Explore their theory of gender performativity and its influence on contemporary debates and movements.
Sep 20, 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).
- After briefly attending Bennington College, Judith Butler studied philosophy at Yale University, receiving B.A. (1978), M.A. (1982), M.Phil. (1982)...
- Judith Butler taught at Wesleyan University, George Washington University, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of California, Berkeley, wh...
- Judith Butler wrote, among other works, Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (1990), Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limit...
- Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (1990) was one of the foundational texts of queer theory. Her performative...
Judith Butler is Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School and formerly the Maxine Elliot Chair in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of Critical Theory at the University of California, Berkeley. They received their Ph.D. in Philosophy from Yale University in 1984.
Oct 19, 2022 · It would be difficult to overstate the importance of the American philosopher and gender theorist Judith Butler, both for intellectuals and for queer communities.
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 ...
Apr 29, 2024 · Butler brings Brown closer to poetry and psychoanalysis; Brown prompts Butler to think about climate change and political economy, about nonhuman lives that must also be considered grievable.
Judith Butler is Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School and formerly the Maxine Elliot Chair in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of Critical Theory at the University of California, Berkeley.
