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Subjects of Desire

Paperback • 2012 • English

Subjects of Desire

By Judith Butler

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This classic work by one of the most important philosophers and critics of our time charts the genesis and trajectory of the desiring subject from Hegel's formulation in Phenomenology of Spirit to its appropriation by Kojeve, Hyppolite, Sartre, Lacan, Deleuze, and Foucault. Judith Butler plots the French reception of Hegel and the successive challenges waged against his metaphysics and view of the subject, all while revealing ambiguities within his position. The result is a sophisticated reconsi...Show more

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9780231159999

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

Subjects of Desire

Format

Paperback

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