The Psychic Life of Power: Theories in Subjection
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The Psychic Life of Power: Theories in Subjection is a philosophical work by Judith Butler that explores how power and social norms shape subject formation through processes of subjection and psychic life.
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| The Psychic Life of Power: Theories in Subjection canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: The Psychic Life of Power: Theories in Subjection Context triple: [Judith Butler, notableWork, The Psychic Life of Power: Theories in Subjection]
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A.
On Power and Ideology
On Power and Ideology is a collection of lectures by Noam Chomsky that critically examines U.S. foreign policy and the role of ideology in shaping public perception and political power.
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Normativity and Power
Normativity and Power is a philosophical work by Rainer Forst that examines the foundations of normative justification and its relation to structures of political power and domination.
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C.
A Critique of Postcolonial Reason
A Critique of Postcolonial Reason is a seminal theoretical work by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak that interrogates how Western philosophy, literature, and colonial discourse construct and silence the subaltern.
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D.
The Myth of the State
The Myth of the State is a posthumously published philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that analyzes the role of myth and symbolic thought in the rise of modern political ideologies and totalitarianism.
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E.
In Other Worlds: Essays in Cultural Politics
In Other Worlds: Essays in Cultural Politics is a seminal collection of essays by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak that helped shape postcolonial theory, feminist criticism, and deconstructive literary studies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Psychic Life of Power: Theories in Subjection Target entity description: The Psychic Life of Power: Theories in Subjection is a philosophical work by Judith Butler that explores how power and social norms shape subject formation through processes of subjection and psychic life.
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A.
On Power and Ideology
On Power and Ideology is a collection of lectures by Noam Chomsky that critically examines U.S. foreign policy and the role of ideology in shaping public perception and political power.
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B.
Normativity and Power
Normativity and Power is a philosophical work by Rainer Forst that examines the foundations of normative justification and its relation to structures of political power and domination.
-
C.
A Critique of Postcolonial Reason
A Critique of Postcolonial Reason is a seminal theoretical work by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak that interrogates how Western philosophy, literature, and colonial discourse construct and silence the subaltern.
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D.
The Myth of the State
The Myth of the State is a posthumously published philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that analyzes the role of myth and symbolic thought in the rise of modern political ideologies and totalitarianism.
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E.
In Other Worlds: Essays in Cultural Politics
In Other Worlds: Essays in Cultural Politics is a seminal collection of essays by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak that helped shape postcolonial theory, feminist criticism, and deconstructive literary studies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| author | Judith Butler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
debates on subjectivity in contemporary theory
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feminist discussions of power and agency ⓘ queer theoretical accounts of identity ⓘ |
| critiques |
purely voluntarist accounts of agency
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simplistic models of domination and freedom ⓘ |
| field |
cultural theory
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gender studies ⓘ philosophy of power ⓘ political theory ⓘ queer theory ⓘ |
| genre |
critical theory
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feminist theory ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| hasConcept |
ambivalence of dependency
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iterability of norms ⓘ melancholy and subject formation ⓘ normative regulation of subjectivity ⓘ psychic attachment to power ⓘ resistance within subjection ⓘ subjection as a condition of possibility for the subject ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Michel Foucault
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Sigmund Freud ⓘ poststructuralist theory ⓘ psychoanalytic theory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
agency
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gender ⓘ normativity ⓘ poststructuralism ⓘ power ⓘ psyche ⓘ psychoanalysis ⓘ social norms ⓘ subject formation ⓘ subjection ⓘ subjectivity ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
continental philosophy
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feminist philosophy ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Bodies That Matter
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Gender Trouble NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theorizes |
how power forms subjects
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the ambivalence of subject formation ⓘ the psychic dimension of subjection ⓘ the relation between desire and power ⓘ |
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