Notes toward a performative theory of assembly / Judith Butler.
Series: Mary Flexner lecturesPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : London, England Harvard University Press, 2015Description: 248 pages ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780674967755 (hardback)
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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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