Judith Butler
Judith Butler · Philosophy & Social Sciences
American philosopher, foundational figure in gender theory
1956, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
United States
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Judith Butler is an American philosopher whose 1990 book Gender Trouble became a foundational text of gender theory and queer theory, arguing that gender is performatively produced. Long based at the University of California, Berkeley, Butler is one of the most cited humanities scholars alive. Butler was born into a Jewish family of Hungarian and Russian descent and studied Jewish ethics and Hebrew as a child.
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American philosopher, foundational figure in gender theory
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