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Judith Butler on Identity - Dictionary of Arguments
Brocker I 741 Identity/Subject/Self/Butler: Butler's book (1) presents a fundamental critique of identity thinking and the nature/culture distinction that Butler continues in her philosophy of the political and ethical subject. >Nature, >Culture. This theory conceives subjectivity and the possibility of political action as a balancing act of the self in intersubjective and political relationships. >Self, >Intersubjectivity, >Society, >Public sphere. Brocker I 744 Deconstruction of Identity/Butler: Thesis: Identity politics is not a suitable way to undermine power structures. "The deconstruction of identity does not involve the deconstruction of politics; rather, it presents the very terms in which identity is articulated as political. This criticism thus calls into question the fundamentalist framework in which feminism was articulated as a politics of identity. >Deconstruction. (...) If identities were no longer fixed as premises of political syllogism and politics were no longer understood as a set of procedures derived from the alleged interests of prefabricated subjects, a new configuration of politics could emerge from the decline of the old. The cultural configurations of gender and gender identity could multiply (...) by confusing gender binarity and revealing its fundamental unnaturality. (2) See Gender/Butler. 1. Judith Butler, Gender Trouble. Feminism and the Subversion of Identity, New York/London 1999 (zuerst 1990); Dt. Judith Butler, Das Unbehagen der Geschlechter, Frankfurt/M. 1991. 2.Ibid. p. 218. Christine Hauskeller, “Judith Butler, Das Unbehagen der Geschlechter“ in: Manfred Brocker (Hg.) Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert. Frankfurt/M. 2018_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Butler, Judith Brocker I Manfred Brocker Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert Frankfurt/M. 2018 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-19