Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly |
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Author:
| Butler, Judith |
Series title: | Mary Flexner Lecture Series of Bryn Mawr College Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-674-96775-5 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2015 |
Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $73.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.