Tag Archives: Judith Butler
LRB · Judith Butler · Who Owns Kafka?
An ongoing trial in Tel Aviv is set to determine who will have stewardship of several boxes of Kafka’s original writings, including primary drafts of his published works, currently… Read more
On Obama
Judith Butler, “Uncritical Exuberance” Jacques-Alain Miller, “Obama: Métis or Hermaphrodite?”
On Foucault
Judith Butler,‘What is Critique? An Essay on Foucault’s Virtue’ Robert J.C. Young,‘Foucault on Race and Colonialism’ Scu’s new blog, Critical Animal, entries on Foucault’s ‘Society Must Be Defended’
Book Review: Judith Butler: Live Theory
A review of Judith Butler: Live Theory Vicki Kirby’s presentation of Butler is, like Butler’s own critical reading, thoughtful and rigorous, generous yet insubordinate. The level of scholarship here is… Read more
Judith Butler Documentary
This is a documentary from 2006 on Judith Butler from Arte (the French-German cultural television station). Though the documentary is in French, interviews with Butler are in English (subtitled in… Read more
Slavoj Zizek, Judith Butler and Larry Rickels
Slavoj Zizek, Judith Butler and Larry Rickels discussing psychoanalysis. First segment of a public lecture at European Graduate School EGS. Part One [youtube]d16kMXUXPOE[/youtube] Part Two: [youtube]Ouzkihs5lPI[/youtube] Part Three [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U67YIXmn3MA[/youtube]
Blog Trotting: on Nussbaum’s criticisms of the opacity to Judith Butler’s writing.
Via The Différance Engine: In the year after Butler’s award for bad writing, and in response to it, Martha Nussbaum wrote an article entitled “The Professor of Parody” for the… Read more
On Judith Butler and Performativity
by Sarah Salih “Science” and “naturalness” are discursive constructs and, although it might seem strange to refute the authority of “science” after quoting apparently “scientific” data, the point Butler is… Read more
Book Review: Politics and the Passions
A review of Politics and the Passions, 1500-1850 This volume contains twelve essays on early modern philosophers from Machiavelli to Mill, addressing their views on the passions from the perspective… Read more
Towards a Genealogical Feminism
Towards a Genealogical Feminism: A Reading of Judith Butler’s Political Thought Alison Stone, University of Lancaster (UK) — Winner of Contemporary Political Theory Annual Prize (2005) Judith Butler’s contribution to… Read more
New Journal: Parrhesia – A Journal of Critical Philosophy
The editors of Parrhesia – A Journal of Critical Philosophy are pleased to announce that the inaugural issue is now available online: Editors' Introduction Alex Murray, Jon Roffe and Matthew… Read more