Judith Butler's Precarious Politics: Critical Encounters Contributor(s): Carver, Terrell (Editor), Chambers, Samuel A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415384435 ISBN-13: 9780415384438 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $52.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2008 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory - Philosophy | Political |
Dewey: 305.420 |
LCCN: 2007022684 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9" (0.80 lbs) 244 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Judith Butler has been arguably the most important gender theorist of the past twenty years. This edited volume draws leading international political theorists into dialogue with her political theory. Each chapter is written by an acclaimed political theorist and concentrates on a particular aspect of Butler's work. The book is divided into five sections which reflect the interdisciplinary nature of Butler's work and activism:
Along with its companion volume, Judith Butler and Political Theory, it marks an intellectual event for political theory, with major implications for feminism, women's studies, gender studies, cultural studies, lesbian and gay studies, queer theory and anyone with a critical interest in contemporary American 'great power' politics. |