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Judith Butler

Judith Butler is a preeminent American philosopher and gender theorist whose foundational work in queer theory and performativity reshaped contemporary thought. Her landmark book, Gender Trouble (1990), introduced the influential concept of gender as a repeated performance rather than a fixed identity, while Bodies That Matter (1993) extended this analysis to the materialization of sex and the exclusionary power of norms. Butler’s contributions span critical theory, political philosophy, and ethics, examining how language, violence, and precarity shape our social and embodied lives.

33 summaries in the archive

Critical Theory Citizen Subject – Judith Butler Judith Butler

Citizen Subject is a 2016 work by American philosopher and gender studies scholar Judith Butler.

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Critical Theory Lives in Struggle – Judith Butler Judith Butler

Lives in Struggle is a scholarly study of the philosophical writings of Judith Butler, the American feminist and…

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Contemporary Philosophy What Is the People? – Judith Butler Judith Butler

The book investigates the concept of "the people" as a foundational yet deeply contested category in political thought.

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Contemporary Philosophy Question of Gender – Judith Butler Judith Butler

The work appeared in the International Journal of Advanced Engineering, Management and Science (IJAEMS), Vol-5, Issue-8, in August…

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Cultural Studies Semite – Judith Butler Judith Butler

Published in 2014, Semite is a work by philosopher Judith Butler that engages with the fraught history of…

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Contemporary Philosophy New Feminism – Judith Butler Judith Butler

This book is a sustained critical study of Margaret Atwood's fiction, examined through the lens of feminist theory…

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Contemporary Philosophy Loss – Judith Butler Judith Butler

Butler explores loss as a political category, arguing that grief and mourning shape the self's formation and reveal…

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Critical Theory Language, Power, and Identity – Judith Butler Judith Butler

The excerpt includes the paper's abstract, a brief introductory statement, and the opening portion of its Literature Review…

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Contemporary Philosophy Women and Social Transformations – Judith Butler Judith Butler

The book engages with questions of how gender functions as a social category and how individuals and collectives…

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Contemporary Philosophy Queer Alliances and Anti-War Politics – Judith Butler Judith Butler

The book examines how queer politics and anti-war activism intersect, exploring the theoretical and practical connections between struggles…

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Critical Theory The Livable and the Unlivable – Judith Butler Judith Butler

The book emerges from Butler's sustained engagement with questions of recognition, grievability, and the social conditions that determine…

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Critical Theory What Kind of World Is This? – Judith Butler Judith Butler

Butler frames the question 'What kind of world is this?' as performative, implying that we are ethically implicated…

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Critical Theory State Violence, War, Resistance – Judith Butler Judith Butler

The book examines the relationship between state violence and the possibilities for resistance, focusing on how contemporary political…

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Contemporary Philosophy Who Sings the Nation-State? – Judith Butler Judith Butler

The book emerged from a public conversation between the two scholars held at a conference, and it takes…

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Contemporary Philosophy The Alliance of Bodies – Judith Butler Judith Butler

The book examines the power and significance of public gatherings, asking what it means when people assemble in…

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