Judith Butler

Born: 1956-02-24

Judith Butler FBA is an American philosopher and gender theorist whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics and the fields of third-wave feminist, queer and literary theory. She has taught at the University of California, Berkeley since 1993. Butler is best known for her books Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (1990) and Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex (1993), in which she challenges conventional notions of gender and develops her theory of gender performativity. Butler has actively supported lesbian and gay rights movements and has spoken out on many contemporary political issues. She is a vocal critic of Zionism, Israeli politics and its effect on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.


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Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

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Released: 2015-06-30

The life and work of German political philosopher of Jewish descent Hannah Arendt (1906-75), who...

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Fake Orgasm

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Released: 2010-12-02

Lazlo Pearlman is a conceptual artist, an activist capable of dinamiting our prejudices about...

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Photo Booth

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Released: 2022-09-23

Outraged by the latest bombing of Gaza, Palestinian queer activists Hamza and Walid recruit...

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Examined Life

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Released: 2008-09-05

Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms, and puts it back on the...

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Tongue Twisters

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Released: 2011-01-01

« How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood ? » A tongue twister is...

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Judith Butler: Philosophical Encounters of the Third Kind

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Released: 2006-10-20

Does gender = sexuality? How does the family define gender roles? What are the dangers when...

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Southern Sorceresses

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Released: 2020-10-07

Through artistic manifestations, a group of LGBTQIA+ people performs public stagings that raise...

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Great Minds

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First aired: 2021-08-30

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1968 - The Global Revolt

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First aired: 2018-05-17

In 1968, young people from Berkeley to Paris and from Prague to Tokyo rose up against the world...

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