Judith Butler

Judith Butler is a professor in the Rhetoric and Comparative Literature department at UC Berkeley. She is the author of several books on feminist theory, continental philosophy and contemporary politics.

Articles

Judith Butler's Remarks to Brooklyn College on BDS (Activism, Regions and Countries)

Despite a campaign to silence them, philosophers Judith Butler and Omar Barghouti spoke at Brooklyn College on Thursday night. In an exclusive, The Nation presents the text of Butler’s remarks.

Judith Butler

You Will Not Be Alone (War and Peace, Regions and Countries, Higher Education)

As the UC Berkeley Student Senate votes to divest from two companies that profit from Israel's occupation of Palestine, the noted philosopher reminds us of what's at stake.

Judith Butler

Letters (Politics)

Judith Butler's April 1 "Guantánamo Limbo" intelligently discusses the failure of the Geneva Conventions to take account of "prisoners of the new war" and links this failure to its flawed premises regarding states.

Judith Butler and Our Readers

Guantanamo Limbo (US Wars and Military Action, Society)

International law offers too little protection for prisoners of the new war.

Judith Butler