Judith Butler, Gender Theorist

Jul 18

Judith Butler is the Maxine Elliot professor in the departments of rhetoric and comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley and this 2006 ‘bio-pic’ by Paule Zajdermann (for German French TV Channel ‘arte’) gives a perspective on her intellectual life and her influential thought. This includes interviews and sections of her lectures. (in English and French with French subtitles | split into six parts). The voice-over is in French (without subtitles), but thankfully its brief, and, she speaks in English (with a bit of German). Sync problem with part four, just listen in.

Part 1

Judith Butler: Part 1/6

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Part 2

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Part 3

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Part 4

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Part 5

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Part 6

Judith Butler - Part 6/6

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Bernice

12 years ago

the greatest woman scholar in the western world? Probably not!

dipali

12 years ago

inspiring!

Debbie

12 years ago

Sensitive and intense intellectual. I am more in awe of her also because of her making a mark in a largely male dominated sphere.

Nusrat

12 years ago

She is quite an inspiration, although somewhere I felt that she over-intellectualizes at times. Certainly out of the ordinary.

Nibedita

12 years ago

Finally got to know her personality a bit. :)

Thanks!

sumi

12 years ago

very intense lady. like.

Nityanshu

12 years ago

This is great…..in fact the entire website is a wonderful treasure. thanks sir!

Author

12 years ago

Reply to Nityanshu

Thank you for the kind words Nityanshu.

Joon Se

12 years ago

one of the most imp woman thinkers of the last/this century..for sure.

12 years ago

She is certainly at the forefront of postmodern, poststructural thought in her emphasis of the linguistic base to our perception of reality.

Neethi

12 years ago

Gender as performance makes a lot of sense as an argument. I remember growing up as a child being told ‘girls don’t sit like this’ or ‘thats a boy’s game’ and so on. We are certainly socialised into performing our gender.

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12 years ago

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Penelope R

12 years ago

Thank you so much for posting this!

Ridhima

12 years ago

Butler has troubled the concept of gender like no one else before! In these videos she comes across as a friendly, accessible person.

Marcus

12 years ago

Excellent. Good to get up close to a lady I have admired much!
Ty.

Masaba

12 years ago

Bravo!!!: The act that one does, the act that one performs, is, in a sense, an act that has been going on before one arrived on the scene. Hence, gender is an act which has been rehearsed, much as a script survives the particular actors who make use of it, but which requires individual actors in order to be actualized and reproduced as reality once again….