Bodies That Still Matter : Resonances of the Work of Judith Butler

Since the appearance of her early-career bestseller Gender Trouble in 1990, American philosopher Judith Butler is one of the most influential thinkers in academia. Her work addresses numerous socially pertinent topics such as gender normativity, political speech, media representations of war, the democratic power of assembling bodies, and the force of nonviolence. The volume Bodies That Still Matter: Resonances of the Work of Judith Butler brings together essays from scholars across academic disciplines who apply, reflect on, and further Butler's ideas in their own research. It includes a new essay by Butler herself, from which it takes its title. Organized around four key themes in Butler's scholarship - performativity, speech, precarity, and assembly - the volume offers an excellent introduction to the contemporary relevance of Butler's thinking, a multi-perspectival approach to key topics of contemporary critical theory, and a testimony to the vibrant interdisciplinary discourses characterizing much of today's humanities research.-- Back cover Table of Contents 6 List of Figures 7 Introduction • Annemie Halsema, Katja Kwastek, and Roel van den Oever 10 Performativity 20 On Butler’s Theory of Agency • Adriana Zaharijević 22 The Psychic Life of Horror: Abjection and Racialization in Butler’s Thought • Eyo Ewara 32 Beyond Gender(s) • Jean-Luc Nancy 43 Speech 52 The Performative Edge of Non-Politicians: Populism and Shifting Legitimacy in US Presidential Politics • Julia Peetz 54 Talking Back as an Accented Speaker? Reframing Butler’s Idea of Subversive Resignification • Tingting Hui 66 What’s in a Name? Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and Private Romeo • Roel van den Oever 78 Precarity 90 Rethinking Counseling from a Relational Perspective: From Alleviating Suffering to “Becoming Human” • Carmen Schuhmann 92 Bridging Conversations: “Paradigm Cases” of Dependency in Eva Kittay and Judith Butler • Simon van der Weele 104 Dancing the Image: Complicity, Responsibility and Spectatorship • Noa Roei 114 Santiago Sierra’s Workers Who Cannot Be Paid: Precarious Labor in Contemporary Art • Friederike Sigler 128 Assembly 140 Rethinking Radical Democracy with Butler: The Voice of Plurality • Adriana Cavarero 142 Strategies of (Self-)Empowerment: On the Performativity of Assemblies in and as Theatre • Erika Fischer-Lichte 156 Bodies That Still Matter • Judith Butler 178 About the Contributors 196 Index 200 Since the appearance of her early-career bestseller Gender Trouble in 1990, American philosopher Judith Butler is one of the most influential (and at times controversial) thinkers in academia. Her work addresses numerous socially pertinent topics such as gender normativity, political speech, media representations of war, and the democratic power of assembling bodies. The volume Bodies That Still Matter: Resonances of the Work of Judith Butler brings together essays from scholars across academic disciplines who apply, reflect on, and further Butler's ideas to their own research. It includes a new essay by Butler herself, from which it takes its title. Organized around four key themes in Butler's scholarship - performativity, speech, precarity, and assembly - the volume offers an excellent introduction to the contemporary relevance of Butler's thinking, a multi-perspectival approach to key topics of contemporary critical theory, and a testimony to the vibrant interdisciplinary discourses characterizing much of today's humanities' research. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie Edited By Annemie Halsema, Katja Kwastek, And Roel Can Den Oever. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.