Judith Butler
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| Born | Judith Pamela Butler February 24, 1956 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Education | Bennington College Yale University (BA, MA, PhD) |
| Partner | Wendy Brown |
| Era | 20th-/21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
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| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley |
| Doctoral advisor | Maurice Natanson |
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Judith Butler (born February 24, 1956) is an American philosopher. Butler was born in Ohio. Butler got a PhD in philosophy from Yale University in 1984.[2] They live in Berkeley, California, with their partner Wendy Brown. In 1990, Butler's book Gender Trouble was published by Routledge. It is considered an important work in modern feminism.[3] In the book Butler talks about their theory of gender performativity, which is that gender, along with sex and sexuality, is a type of performative speech rather than an expression of human biology. In other politics, they have supported Palestine[4] and the Democratic Party, including Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris.[5]
Early life
Butler was born a female in Ohio and went to Hebrew school. They studied at Bennington College in the 70s[6] before moving on to study philosophy at Yale University. They publicly classified themselves as non-binary in 2020.[7]
References
- ↑ Ryzik, Melena (August 22, 2012). "Pussy Riot Was Carefully Calibrated for Protest". The New York Times. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
- ↑ "Judith Butler - Hannah Arendt Professor of Philosophy - Biography". Archived from the original on September 30, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
- ↑ Chowdhry, Pritika (November 7, 2021). "Books by Judith Butler we must read". Pritika Chowdhry Art. Retrieved November 7, 2021.
- ↑ Falcone, Daniel. "Judith Butler: On Israel, Palestine and Unacceptable Dimensions of the Status Quo". Truthout. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
- ↑ Norton, Ben (February 2, 2020). "Postmodern philosopher Judith Butler repeatedly donated to 'top cop' Kamala Harris". Medium. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
- ↑ "Judith Butler | Bennington College". www.bennington.edu. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
- ↑ Interviews by Kian (December 27, 2019). "Judith Butler on her Philosophy and Current Events". Interviews by Kian. Archived from the original on July 26, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
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