Judith Butler

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feminist theorist gender theorist human philosopher queer theorist university teacher

Judith Butler is an American philosopher and gender theorist best known for developing the concept of gender performativity and for her influential work in feminist and queer theory.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	feminist theorist ⓘ gender theorist ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ queer theorist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
academicDegree	PhD in philosophy ⓘ
awardReceived	Bruno Kreisky Award for Human Rights ⓘ surface form: Bruno Kreisky Award for Political Books Theodor W. Adorno Award ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1956-02-24 ⓘ
educatedAt	Bennington College ⓘ Yale University ⓘ
employer	European Graduate School ⓘ University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Jewish Americans ⓘ
familyName	Butler ⓘ
fieldOfWork	critical theory ⓘ ethics ⓘ feminist theory ⓘ gender studies ⓘ philosophy ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ queer theory ⓘ
givenName	Judith ⓘ
hasPublicationYearForWork	Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex ⓘ surface form: Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex (1993) Excitable Speech: A Politics of the Performative ⓘ surface form: Excitable Speech: A Politics of the Performative (1997) Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable? ⓘ surface form: Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable? (2009) Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity ⓘ surface form: Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (1990) Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly ⓘ surface form: Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly (2015) Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence ⓘ surface form: Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence (2004) Undoing Gender ⓘ surface form: Undoing Gender (2004)
influenced	contemporary feminist theory ⓘ critical theory ⓘ gender studies ⓘ queer theory ⓘ
influencedBy	G. W. F. Hegel ⓘ surface form: Hegel J. L. Austin ⓘ Jacques Derrida ⓘ Michel Foucault ⓘ Sigmund Freud ⓘ Simone de Beauvoir ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
mainInterest	ethics of nonviolence ⓘ gender ⓘ power ⓘ sexuality ⓘ subjectivity ⓘ
movement	post-structuralism ⓘ postmodern feminism ⓘ queer theory ⓘ
name	Judith Butler self-link ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ
notableConcept	gender performativity ⓘ performativity ⓘ
notableWork	Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex ⓘ Excitable Speech: A Politics of the Performative ⓘ Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable? ⓘ Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity ⓘ Giving an Account of Oneself ⓘ Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly ⓘ Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence ⓘ The Psychic Life of Power: Theories in Subjection ⓘ Undoing Gender ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Cleveland, Ohio, United States ⓘ
positionHeld	Maxine Elliot Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature at UC Berkeley ⓘ Professor in the Program of Critical Theory at UC Berkeley ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
sexOrGender	female ⓘ

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