Judith Butler

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.

  • Title: Judith Butler
  • Popularity: 0.983
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1956-02-24
  • Place of Birth: Cleveland, USA
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  • Also Known As: 주디스 버틀러
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Judith Butler Movies

  • 2008
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    Examined Life

    Examined Life

    6.4 2008 HD

    Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms, and puts it back on the streets. Offering privileged moments with great...

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  • 2011
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    Tongue Twisters

    Tongue Twisters

    10 2011 HD

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

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  • 2015
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    Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

    Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt

    7.4 2015 HD

    The life and work of German political philosopher of Jewish descent Hannah Arendt (1906-75), who caused a stir when she coined a subversive concept,...

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  • 2022
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    Photo Booth

    Photo Booth

    1 2022 HD

    Outraged by the latest bombing of Gaza, Palestinian queer activists Hamza and Walid recruit queer novelist Jean Genet to help them sabotage the...

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  • 2010
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    Fake Orgasm

    Fake Orgasm

    6 2010 HD

    Lazlo Pearlman is a conceptual artist, an activist capable of dinamiting our prejudices about sex and identity. What it seems to be a reflexion about...

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  • 2006
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    Judith Butler: Philosophical Encounters of the Third Kind

    Judith Butler: Philosophical Encounters of the Third Kind

    1 2006 HD

    Does gender = sexuality? How does the family define gender roles? What are the dangers when society coerces gender norms? What deep-seated social...

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  • 2020
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    Southern Sorceresses

    Southern Sorceresses

    1 2020 HD

    Through artistic manifestations, a group of LGBTQIA+ people performs public stagings that raise debates on issues of gender, social inequality and...

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  • 2017
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    Devenir

    Devenir

    1 2017 HD

    What if becoming doesn’t lead to an end, but instead is a process of being?

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  • 2019
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    La entrevista de

    La entrevista de

    3 2019 HD

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  • 2021
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    Great Minds

    Great Minds

    5.2 2021 HD

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  • 2018
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    1968 - The Global Revolt

    1968 - The Global Revolt

    1 2018 HD

    In 1968, young people from Berkeley to Paris and from Prague to Tokyo rose up against the world they were being offered. In this sprawling but...

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