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Judith Butler

American feminist gender studies philosopher (born 1956) · United States · Academics

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Judith Butler is an American feminist, queer philosopher, and gender studies scholar whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics, psychoanalysis, and the fields of feminist and queer theory, academic freedom, and literary theory.

A life in dates

2026Honorary Doctor of the Autonomous University of BarcelonaAward2021Catalonia International PrizeAward2016Albertus-Magnus professorateAward2015Fellow of the British AcademyAwardHonorary doctor of the University of LiègeAward2014Honorary doctor of the University of FribourgAward2013Honorary Doctor of the University of St AndrewsAwardHonorary Doctorate from the McGill UniversityAward2012Theodor W. Adorno AwardAward2011Honorary Doctorate from the University of Paris-VIIAwardHonorary Doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne UniversityAward2010“I am much more open about categories of gender, and my feminism has been about women's safety from violence, increased literacy, decreased poverty and more equality.”In their words24 February 2010"As a Jew, I was taught it was ethically imperative to speak up" in Haaretz. February 24, 2010

2004Brudner PrizeAward1993“Indeed it may be only by risking the incoherence of identity that connection is possible.”In their wordsBodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of "Sex" (1993)

“Perhaps the promise of phallus is always dissatisfying in some way.”In their words"The Lesbian Phallus and the Morphological Imaginary" (1993), later published in The Judith Butler Reader (2004) edited by Sarah Salih with

1990“There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender; that identity is performatively constituted by the very "expressions" that are said to be its results.”In their words"Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity" (1990)

1956Born24 February 1956

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São Paulo, Brazil. An Inside Higher Ed article notes that before a democracy conference in Brazil "Butler was burned in effigy as police kept groups of protesters - for and against Butler - apart. A pink bra was attached to the figure that was burned". Some protesters "held crosses and Brazilian flags in the air".[97]São Paulo, Brazil. An Inside Higher Ed article notes that before a democracy conference in Brazil "Butler was burned in effigy as police kept groups of protesters - for and against Butler - apart. A pink bra was attached to the figure that was burned". Some protesters "held crosses and Brazilian flags in the air".[97]Butler receives the Theodor W. Adorno Award in 2012.Butler receives the Theodor W. Adorno Award in 2012.Sign at São Paulo with the alleged "sonho" (dream) of Judith Butler: "destruir identidade sexual dos seus filhos", which can be loosely translated as [Butler's dream is to] destroy sexual identity of your childrenSign at São Paulo with the alleged "sonho" (dream) of Judith Butler: "destruir identidade sexual dos seus filhos", which can be loosely translated as [Butler's dream is to] destroy sexual identity of your children

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  1. I am much more open about categories of gender, and my feminism has been about women's safety from violence, increased literacy, decreased poverty and more equality.

    Feb 24, 2010, "As a Jew, I was taught it was ethically imperative to speak up" in Haaretz. February 24, 2010, Own words

  2. Indeed it may be only by risking the incoherence of identity that connection is possible.

    1993, Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of "Sex" (1993), Own words

  3. Perhaps the promise of phallus is always dissatisfying in some way.

    1993, "The Lesbian Phallus and the Morphological Imaginary" (1993), later published in The Judith Butler Reader (2004) edited by Sarah Salih with, Own words

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Awards

Honorary Doctor of the Autonomous University of Barcelona2026
Catalonia International Prize2021
Albertus-Magnus professorate2016
Honorary doctor of the University of Liège2015
Fellow of the British Academy2015
Honorary doctor of the University of Fribourg2014
Honorary Doctorate from the McGill University2013
Honorary Doctor of the University of St Andrews2013
Theodor W. Adorno Award2012
Honorary Doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University2011
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Paris-VII2011
Brudner Prize2004
Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
Guggenheim Fellowship

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
living
Dates
Born 1956 · age 70

Academics from the United States 6

Ben Ferencz66.2Ian J. Goodfellow65.5Elinor Ostrom66.6John Rawls65.2Timnit Gebru66.6Jeffrey Sachs65.2

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