Judith Butler
Born 24 February 1956
Judith Butler (born February 24, 1956) is an American philosopher and gender theorist whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics and the fields of third-wave feminist, queer and literary theory. Since 1993, she has taught at the University of California, Berkeley, where she is now Maxine Elliot Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of Critical Theory. She is also the Hannah Arendt Chair at the European Graduate School.
Butler is best known for her books Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (1990) and Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex (1993), in which she challenges conventional notions of gender and develops her theory of gender performativity.
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Quotes
“Gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original; in fact, it is a kind of imitation that produces the very notion of the original as an effect and consequence of the imitation itself.”
"Imitation and Gender Insubordination" in Inside/Out 1991 edited by Diana Fuss “If nonviolence is to make sense as an ethical and political position, it cannot simply repress aggression or do away with its reality; rather, nonviolence emerges as a meaningful concept precisely when destruction is most likely or seems most certain.”
Chapter One, p. 39 “Nonviolence does not necessarily emerge from a pacific or calm part of the soul. Very often it is an expression of rage, indignation, and aggression.”
Introduction, p. 21 “We are not yet speaking about equality if we have not yet spoken about equal grievability, or the equal attribution of grievability. Grievability is a defining feature of equality.”
Chapter Three, p. 108 “Possibility is not a luxury; it is as crucial as bread.”
Undoing Gender, Psychology Press, 2004
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Books by Judith Butler in order
Books by Judith Butler in the order they were published, from Gender Trouble (1989) to Who's Afraid of Gender? (2024).
- 1Gender Trouble
Gender Trouble1989 - 2Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex
Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex1993 - 3Excitable Speech
Excitable Speech1996 - 4The Psychic Life of Power
The Psychic Life of Power1997 - 5Subjects of Desire
Subjects of Desire1999 - 6Antigone's Claim
Antigone's Claim2000 - 7Contingency, Hegemony, Universality
Contingency, Hegemony, Universality2000 - 8Giving an Account of Oneself
Giving an Account of Oneself2003 - 9Precarious Life
Precarious Life2004 - 10Undoing Gender
Undoing Gender2004 - 11Cinsiyet Belasi
Cinsiyet Belasi2008 - 12Cuerpos que importan
Cuerpos que importan2008 - 13Frames of War
Frames of War2009 - 14Who Sings the Nation-state?
Who Sings the Nation-state?2010 - 15The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere
The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere2011 - 16Parting Ways
Parting Ways2012 - 17Sujetos del deseo
Sujetos del deseo2012 - 18Dispossession: The Performative in the Political
Dispossession: The Performative in the Political2013 - 19Fare e Disfare il Genere.
Fare e Disfare il Genere.2014 - 20Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly
Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly2015 - 21Vulnerability in Resistance
Vulnerability in Resistance2016 - 22The Force of Non-Violence
The Force of Non-Violence2020 - 23What World Is This? - A Pandemic Phenomenology
What World Is This? - A Pandemic Phenomenology2022 - 24Who's Afraid of Gender?
Who's Afraid of Gender?2024