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.
Filmography
The Palestine Exception
The Palestine Exception
Le deuxième sexe : Sur les traces de Simone de Beauvoir
as Self
Le deuxième sexe : Sur les traces de Simone de Beauvoir
as Self
Looking for Simone
as Self
Looking for Simone
as Self
Photo Booth
as Self
Photo Booth
as Self
Southern Sorceresses
as Self
Southern Sorceresses
as Self
Devenir
as Self (voice)
Devenir
as Self (voice)
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
as Self - Philosopher
Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt
as Self - Philosopher
Tongue Twisters
Tongue Twisters
Fake Orgasm
as Herself
Fake Orgasm
as Herself
Examined Life
as Self
Examined Life
as Self
Judith Butler: Philosophical Encounters of the Third Kind
Judith Butler: Philosophical Encounters of the Third Kind