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Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly

Hardcover • 2015 • 1. edition

Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly

By Judith Butler

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Judith 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 broadens the theory of performativity beyond speech acts to include the concerted actions of...Show more

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9780674967755

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Published year

2015

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1

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Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly

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Hardcover

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