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Who's Afraid of Gender?
- Author
- Judith Butler
- Narrator
- Judith Butler
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 19 March 2024
- Run Time
- 11 hours 47 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, Feminism and feminist theory, Social and political philosophy, Political science and theory
- Rating
- 5.0 (2 reviews)
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From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fuelling reactionary politics around the world
Judith Butler, the ground-breaking philosopher whose influential work has redefined how we think about gender and sexuality, confronts the attacks on gender that have become central to right-wing movements today. Global networks have formed "anti-gender ideology movements" dedicated to circulating a fantasy that gender is a dangerous threat to families, local cultures, civilization --and even "man" himself. Inflamed by the rhetoric of public figures, this movement has sought to abolish reproductive justice, undermine protections against violence, and strip trans and queer people of their rights.
But what, exactly, is so scary about gender? In this vital, courageous book, Butler carefully examines how "gender" has become a phantasm for emerging authoritarian regimes, fascist formations, and transexclusionary feminists. They illuminate the concrete ways that this phantasm displaces anxieties and fears of destruction. Operating in tandem with deceptive accounts of critical race theory and xenophobic panics about migration, the anti-gender movement demonizes struggles for equality, fuels aggressive nationalism, and leaves millions of people vulnerable to subjugation.
An essential intervention into one of the most fraught issues of our moment, Who's Afraid of Gender? is a bold call to make a broad coalition with all those whose struggle for equality is linked with fighting injustice. Imagining new possibilities for both freedom and solidarity, Butler offers us an essentially hopeful work that is both timely and timeless.
©2024 Judith Butler (P)2024 Penguin Audio
Critics Review
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An international celebrity academic. . . Butler's influence is immense
New Yorker
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The radical theorist who spawned a gender-queer nation - and became a pop celebrity in the process.
The Cut
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 4.5
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5.0 4.0
It interesting and makes me cry, but tricky to listen to because of dense but interesting arguments, the fact it makes me panic and cry and thst I can't listen out loud so it gets headphone time,,
It's good the first thing I have heard by Judith
Edit ( I am only on chapter 3)fishhh 2024-10-14
Details
- Author
- Judith Butler
- Narrator
- Judith Butler
- Duration
- 11 hours 47 minutes
- Release Date
- 19 March 2024
- ISBN
- 9781802062366
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- LGBTQ+ Studies / topics, Feminism and feminist theory, Social and political philosophy, Political science and theory
- Rating
- 5.0(2 reviews)
- Narration
- 4.5(2 reviews)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.From a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fuelling reactionary politics around the worldJudith Butler, the ground-breaking philosopher whose influential work has redefined how we think about gender and sexuality, confronts the attacks on gender that have become central to right-wing movements today. Global networks have formed "anti-gender ideology movements" dedicated to circulating a fantasy that gender is a dangerous threat to families, local cultures, civilization --and even "man" himself. Inflamed by the rhetoric of public figures, this movement has sought to abolish reproductive justice, undermine protections against violence, and strip trans and queer people of their rights.But what, exactly, is so scary about gender? In this vital, courageous book, Butler carefully examines how "gender" has become a phantasm for emerging authoritarian regimes, fascist formations, and transexclusionary feminists. They illuminate the concrete ways that this phantasm displaces anxieties and fears of destruction. Operating in tandem with deceptive accounts of critical race theory and xenophobic panics about migration, the anti-gender movement demonizes struggles for equality, fuels aggressive nationalism, and leaves millions of people vulnerable to subjugation.An essential intervention into one of the most fraught issues of our moment, Who's Afraid of Gender? is a bold call to make a broad coalition with all those whose struggle for equality is linked with fighting injustice. Imagining new possibilities for both freedom and solidarity, Butler offers us an essentially hopeful work that is both timely and timeless.©2024 Judith Butler (P)2024 Penguin Audio
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