Known For
Acting
Born
Feb 24, 1956
Place of Birth
Cleveland, USA
Credits
14 titles
Judith Butler
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Palestine Exception
Le deuxième sexe : Sur les traces de Simone de Beauvoir
Self
Looking for Simone
Self
Photo Booth
Self
Great Minds
Self
Southern Sorceresses
Self
La entrevista de
Self
1968 - The Global Revolt
Self
Devenir
Self (voice)
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
Self - Philosopher
Tongue Twisters
Fake Orgasm
Herself
Examined Life
Self
Judith Butler: Philosophical Encounters of the Third Kind