Excitable Speech: A Politics of the Performative
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Excitable Speech: A Politics of the Performative is a theoretical work by Judith Butler that examines how language acts as a form of power, focusing on hate speech, censorship, and the performative force of utterances in shaping political and social realities.
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| Excitable Speech: A Politics of the Performative canonical | 1 |
| Excitable Speech: A Politics of the Performative (1997) | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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theoretical work ⓘ |
| author | Judith Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| critiques |
liberal legal approaches to hate speech
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simplistic views of free speech ⓘ state-centered models of censorship ⓘ |
| examines |
conditions under which speech injures
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how utterances shape political realities ⓘ how utterances shape social realities ⓘ paradoxes of censorship ⓘ role of context in speech acts ⓘ |
| field |
critical theory
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gender studies ⓘ linguistic philosophy ⓘ philosophy ⓘ speech act theory ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
censorship as a performative act
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how language acts as a form of power ⓘ legal debates on hate speech ⓘ political implications of speech ⓘ regulation of speech ⓘ social implications of speech ⓘ |
| genre |
academic writing
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philosophy of language ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
J. L. Austin
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Jacques Derrida NERFINISHED ⓘ Michel Foucault NERFINISHED ⓘ poststructuralism ⓘ speech act theory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
censorship
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freedom of speech ⓘ hate speech ⓘ injurious speech ⓘ performative force of language ⓘ political theory ⓘ politics of language ⓘ power of utterances ⓘ speech acts ⓘ subject formation ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Bodies That Matter
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Gender Trouble NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theorizes |
constraints that enable speech
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injury produced by language ⓘ relation between power and discourse ⓘ speech as performative action ⓘ |
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Excitable Speech: A Politics of the Performative (1997)