Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly by Judith Butler

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Judith Butler elucidates the dynamics of public assembly under prevailing economic and political conditions. Understanding assemblies as plural forms of performative action, she extends her theory of performativity to show why precarity—destruction of the conditions of livability—is a galvanizing force and theme in today’s highly visible protests.

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Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly by Judith Butler

Judith Butler elucidates the dynamics of public assembly under prevailing economic and political conditions. Understanding assemblies as plural forms of performative action, she extends her theory of performativity to show why precaritydestruction of the conditions of livabilityis a galvanizing force and theme in todays highly visible protests.
Judith Butler is Maxine Elliot Professor of Comparative Literature and Critical Theory at the University of California, Berkeley.
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ISBN 13 9780674967755
ISBN 10 0674967755
Title Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly
Author Judith Butler
Series Mary Flexner Lectures Of Bryn Mawr College
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Harvard University Press
Year published 2015-11-17
Number of pages 256
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