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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.
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).
Apr 29, 2024 · They burned a puppet bearing a witch’s hat, a pink bra, and a photograph of Butler’s face—a “gender monster,” Butler called it. At the airport, a fight broke out when a protester tried ...
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.
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.
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...
Mar 8, 2024 · The philosopher on what defines a woman, the scapegoating of trans people — and why it’s OK to stumble over pronouns.
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