Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly by Judith Butler (English) Paperb

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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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A Times Higher Education Book of the WeekJudith 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, Butler extends her theory of performativity to argue that precarity-the destruction of the conditions of livability-has been a galvanizing force and theme in today's highly visible protests."Butler's book is everything that a book about our planet in the 21st century should be. It does not turn its back on the circumstances of the material world or give any succour to those who wish to view the present (and the future) through the lens of fantasies about the transformative possibilities offered by conventional politics Butler demonstrates a clear engagement with an aspect of the world that is becoming in many political contexts almost illicit to discuss: the idea that capitalism, certainly in its neoliberal form, is failing to provide a liveable life for the majority of human beings."-Mary Evans, Times Higher Education"A heady immersion into the thought of one of today's most profound philosophers of action This is a call for a truly transformative politics, and its relevance to the fraught struggles taking place in today's streets and public spaces around the world cannot be denied."-Hans Rollman, PopMatters

Author Biography

Judith Butler is Maxine Elliot Professor of Comparative Literature and Critical Theory at the University of California, Berkeley.

Details ISBN067498398X Publisher Harvard University Press Year 2018 ISBN-10 067498398X ISBN-13 9780674983984 Format Paperback Author Judith Butler Pages 256 Language English Media Book Series Mary Flexner Lectures of Bryn Mawr College Imprint Harvard University Press Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass Country of Publication United States DEWEY 323.4701 Series Number 3 Publication Date 2018-02-26 UK Release Date 2018-02-26 NZ Release Date 2018-02-26 US Release Date 2018-02-26 Audience General AU Release Date 2018-02-25 We've got this

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