Category Archives: Judith Butler

The Anarchist Turn – Simon Critchley

Posted on May 27, 2012 by

The Butler videos I linked to earlier are part of a wider conference. Below is Simon Critchley’s introduction, which around 4 minutes in raises the question of anarchist geographers/ies and calls for ‘new maps’.   More videos from this conference … Continue reading →

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judith butler on anarchism, precarity, and palestine

Posted on May 27, 2012 by

Reblogged from being-in-exodus: Read more… 2 more videos The last part of the interview is here.

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Judith Butler interview

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

Interview in advance of her talk ‘A Politics of the Street’ in Vancouver.

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Judith Butler, Parting Ways

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

Judith Butler’s long-awaited book on Jewish and Zionist thought is forthcoming in July. Parting Ways: Jewishness and the Critique of Zionism will be published by Columbia University Press. Judith Butler follows Edward Said’s late suggestion that through a consideration of … Continue reading →

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Lego Social Theory

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

More Lego Social Theory – here. Thanks to Ben R for the link – Anthony Giddens, Angela McRobbie and Stuart Hall. The original figures of Foucault, Butler, Giddens and McRobbie are here.

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Judith Butler at Occupy Wall Street

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

Judith Butler briefly speaking, amplified by the ‘human microphone’. via John Protevi at New APPS – who offers some interesting thoughts here.

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Judith Butler on the Politics of the Street text

Posted on October 5, 2011 by

I mentioned the video of Judith Butler’s lecture “The Politics of the Street and New Forms of Alliance” earlier this week; now you can read the text – thanks again to Ayşe Mermutlu for the links. Update: The text is available here

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Judith Butler on the politics of the street

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

Video of a lecture “The Politics of the Street and New Forms of Alliance” here – thanks to Ayşe Mermutlu for the link. Update: The text is available here

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German Philosophy and Geography

Posted on September 27, 2011 by

This the session I am organising at the New York AAG (24-28 Feb 2012). The impact of philosophers on geography, in recent years, has largely been from the French tradition—Foucault, Deleuze, Derrida, Badiou and others. There are exceptions, of course, … Continue reading →

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Judith Butler on Palestine

Posted on September 26, 2011 by

Interesting piece by Judith Butler on the Palestine bid for statehood and the demise of the Oslo accords in the London Review of Books. One small excerpt: If nothing else, a new set of dynamics will be inaugurated through the … Continue reading →

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