Honestly, what can really be said about 'the Jewish people' as a whole? Is it not a lamentable stereotype to make large generalizations about all Jews, and to presume they all share the same political commitments? Judith Butler commitmentgeneralizationhonestly share on social
It's my view that gender is culturally formed, but it's also a domain of agency or freedom and that it is most important to resist the violence that is imposed by ideal gender norms, especially against those who are gender different, who are nonconforming in their gender presentation. Judith Butler agencyculturallydomain share on social
The point is not to stay marginal, but to participate in whatever network of marginal zones is spawned from other disciplinary centers and which, together, constitute a multiple displacement of those authorities. Judith Butler authoritycenterconstitute share on social
Cameras help to minimize collateral damage, and very often, without a camera a missile cannot fire. Certainly, without a camera a drone can't function, which means that the very ways in which we wage war are determined in part by how cameras work and whether they work at all. Judith Butler cameracollateraldamage share on social
I don't think we have to have a personal relation to a life lost to understand that something terrible has taken place, especially in the context of war. Judith Butler contextlifelose Change image and share on social
Identifying Israel with Jewry obscures the existence of the small but important post-Zionist movement in Israel, including the philosophers Adi Ophir and Anat Biletzki, the sociologist Uri Ram, the professor of theatre Avraham Oz and the poet Yitzhak Laor. Judith Butler adianatavraham share on social
It seems, though, that historically we have now reached a position in which Jews cannot legitimately be understood always and only as presumptive victims. Judith Butler historicallyjewlegitimately Change image and share on social
There is a new venue for theory, necessarily impure, where it emerges in and as the very event of cultural translation. This is not the displacement of theory by historicism, nor a simple historicization of theory that exposes the contingent limits of its more generalizable claims. Judith Butler claimcontingentcultural share on social