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Notes toward a performative theory of assembly / Judith Butler.

By: Series: Mary Flexner lecturesPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : London, England Harvard University Press, 2015Description: 248 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780674967755 (hardback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 323.47
Contents:
Introduction -- Gender politics and the right to appear -- Bodies in alliance and the politics of the street -- Precarious life and the ethics of cohabitation -- Bodily vulnerability, coalitional politics -- "We, the people"-thoughts on freedom of assembly -- Can one lead a good life in a bad life?.
Summary: "Judith Butler elucidates the dynamics of public assembly under prevailing economic and political conditions, analyzing what they signify and how. Understanding assemblies as plural forms of performative action." - book cover
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Loanable Book Library General Collection 323.47 BUT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 000438931

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Gender politics and the right to appear -- Bodies in alliance and the politics of the street -- Precarious life and the ethics of cohabitation -- Bodily vulnerability, coalitional politics -- "We, the people"-thoughts on freedom of assembly -- Can one lead a good life in a bad life?.

"Judith Butler elucidates the dynamics of public assembly under prevailing economic and political conditions, analyzing what they signify and how. Understanding assemblies as plural forms of performative action." - book cover

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