Judith Butler
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.
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
as Self - PhilosopherThe life and work of German political philosopher of Jewish descent Hannah Arendt (1906-75), who...
Movie page
Examined Life
as SelfExamined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms, and puts it back on the...
Movie page
Fake Orgasm
as HerselfLazlo Pearlman is a conceptual artist, an activist capable of dinamiting our prejudices about...
Movie page
Southern Sorceresses
as SelfThrough artistic manifestations, a group of LGBTQIA+ people performs public stagings that raise...
Movie page
Photo Booth
as SelfOutraged by the latest bombing of Gaza, Palestinian queer activists Hamza and Walid recruit...
Movie page
Tongue Twisters
as uncredited« How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood ? » A tongue twister is...
Movie page
Judith Butler: Philosophical Encounters of the Third Kind
as uncreditedDoes gender = sexuality? How does the family define gender roles? What are the dangers when...
Movie page
1968 - The Global Revolt
as SelfIn 1968, young people from Berkeley to Paris and from Prague to Tokyo rose up against the world...
TV Show page