Judith Butler in conversation : analyzing the texts and talk of everyday life

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Author:

Butler, Judith, 1956-

ISBN:

9780415956536

9780415956543

Publication Information:

New York : Routledge, 2008 [i.e. 2007].

Physical Description:

xxii, 273 s.

Contents:

Introduction / Bronwyn Davies -- An account of oneself / Judith Butler -- Forgiving, given over, given away : response to Judith Butler's presentation / Fiona Jenkins -- Passionately attached : academic subjects of desire / Eva Bendix Petersen -- Found/ wanting and becoming/ undone : a response to Eva Bendix Petersen / Sheridan Linnell -- Sissy boy melancholy and the educational possibilities of incoherence / David McInnes -- A dialogue on "becoming sissy" / Cristyn Davies -- Words that matter : reading the performativity of humanity through Butler and Blanchot / Linnell Secomb -- Sustaining language/existing threats : resistance and rhetoric in Australian refugee discourses / Susanne Gannon & Sue Saltmarsh -- "Bringing the elsewhere home" : drag-kids and queer belongings / Affrica Taylor -- Dressing up and growing up : rehearsals on the threshold of intelligibility / Jonathan Bollen.

Subject Term:

Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century.

Civilization, Modern -- 20th century.

Self (Philosophy)

Added Author:

Butler, Judith, 1956-

Davies, Bronwyn, 1945-.

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Summary

How has Judith Butler's writing contributed to thought in the Social Sciences and the Humanities? The participants in this project draw on various aspects of Butler's conceptual work and they question how it has opened up the possibilities of thought in areas of study as diverse as theatre studies, education and narrative therapy.

In a format that demands careful listening and response, the scholars in this book interact with Butler, her writing, and each other. Within this dynamic space they take up Butler's body of work andnbsp;carry it in new and exciting directions. Their conversations and writing are, in turn, funny, exciting, surprising and moving.