Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly by Judith Butler

Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly by Judith Butler

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ISBN: 9780674983984

Harvard University Press, 27 Feb 2018

Paperback, 256 pages

A Times Higher Education Book of the Week

Judith Butler elucidates the dynamics of public assembly under prevailing economic and political conditions, analyzing what they signify and how. Understanding assemblies as plural forms of performative action, Butler extends her theory of performativity to argue that precarity-the destruction of the conditions of livability-has been a galvanizing force and theme in today's highly visible protests.