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Who is afraid of gender?
Judith Butler, University of California, Berkeley
«It was curious and disturbing to me to find that gender was something presented as a destructive power in various political public discourses; I’ve never thought of gender as possessing a destructive power, so I had to reflect on what is it that’s actually being feared when gender is said to be destructive. My hypothesis is that the term ‘gender’ has attracted an array of anxiety and fears that emerge from several sources, including economic and ecological conditions» These are the opening words of the talk by Judith Butler in which she analysed the origins, motives and forms of the fear of gender driving individuals and political movements.
Judith Butler, a philosopher and political activist from the USA, is a lecturer at the Department of Comparative Literature of the University of California, Berkeley and at the European Graduate School.
20 ottobre 2023 | Sala Azzurra