When was Judith Butler born?

Judith Butler was born in 1956.

Where was Judith Butler from?

Judith Butler is an American philosopher of the Contemporary era.

How many quotes are attributed to Judith Butler?

There are 15 attributed quotations from Judith Butler in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.

Judith Butler b. 1956

Judith Butler (born 1956) is an American philosopher of the Contemporary era, associated with Feminism, Post-Structuralism, and Continental Philosophy.

Judith Butler is an American philosopher whose Gender Trouble made the performative theory of gender central to contemporary feminism, queer theory, and political thought. Drawing on Foucault, Lacan, and speech-act theory, Butler argued that gender is not the expression of a prior identity but a citational practice that produces the effect of substance through repeated stylization of the body. Bodies That Matter, Excitable Speech, and Precarious Life extended these analyses to the materiality of bodies, hate speech, mourning, and the politics of vulnerability under conditions of war and surveillance.

Key facts

Nationality: American
Era: Contemporary
Movements: Feminism, Post-Structuralism, Continental Philosophy

Selected quotes

Attributed to Judith Butler:

“Gender is the repeated stylization of the body, a set of repeated acts that congeal over time to produce the appearance of substance.”
Attributed to Judith Butler:

“Let's face it. We're undone by each other. And if we're not, we're missing something.”
“There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender; that identity is performatively constituted by the very expressions that are said to be its results.”
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity" (1990)
Attributed to Judith Butler:

“To be a body is to be exposed to social crafting and form.”
Attributed to Judith Butler:

“We are, from the start, given over to the other.”

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Frequently asked about Judith Butler

When was Judith Butler born?: Judith Butler was born in 1956.
Where was Judith Butler from?: Judith Butler is an American philosopher of the Contemporary era.
What philosophical movements is Judith Butler associated with?: Judith Butler is associated with Feminism, Post-Structuralism, and Continental Philosophy.
What is Judith Butler known for?: Judith Butler is an American philosopher whose Gender Trouble made the performative theory of gender central to contemporary feminism, queer theory, and political thought.
How many quotes are attributed to Judith Butler?: There are 15 attributed quotations from Judith Butler in the 1001Philosophers collection, organized by topic.