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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.
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.
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.
May 6, 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).
Mar 8, 2024 · The philosopher on what defines a woman, the scapegoating of trans people — and why it’s OK to stumble over pronouns.
Mar 25, 2024 · Judith Butler, for many years a professor of rhetoric and comparative literature at UC Berkeley, might be among the most influential intellectuals alive today. Even if you have never heard of...
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.
Feb 9, 2020 · Masha Gessen talks with the celebrity academic Judith Butler about the possibilities of nonviolence, the rise of the anti-“gender ideology” movement, and the militant potential of mourning.
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.
Sep 4, 2023 · Philosopher and queer theory pioneer Judith Butler is the Centre Pompidou's new intellectual guest for 2023-2024. The celebrated author of Gender Trouble (1990) sat with Mathieu Potte-Bonneville for an exclusive talk about mourning and survival — and her upcoming book.
