Stage Left: A Review of Contingency, Hegemony, Universality: Contemporary Dialogues on the Left

Reviews the three way conversation among Ernesto Laclau, Slavoj Zizek, and Judith Butler on leftist political theories of hegemony and universality and social change. My essay introduces the concept of a "Negative Universal" for there first time

La condición vulnerable (Una lectura de Emmanuel Levinas, Judith Butler y Adriana Cavarero)

El objetivo de este artículo es mostrar la fecunda recepción que la ética de Emmanuel Levinas tiene en dos filósofas contemporáneas: Judith Butler y Adriana Cavarero. En la primera parte se expone la filosofía de Levinas atendiendo tanto a su crítica de la noción de «intencionalidad» de Husserl como a la importancia que tiene para él la obra de Rosenzweig. En la segunda se muestra la influencia de la noción de «rostro» de Levinas en la crítica que Judith Butler realiza de los marcos morales. Finalmente, en la tercera parte se presenta la noción de «inclinación» de Adriana Cavarero y se pone de manifiesto la herencia que también aquí recibe de Levinas. PALABRAS CLAVE: intencionalidad, ética, moral, vulnerabilidad, compasión, rostro, inclinación. The Vulnerable Condition (a Reading of Emmanuel Levinas, Judith Butler and Adriana Cavarero) ABSTRACT: The aim of this article is to show the fertile reception that Emmanuel Levinas’s ethics have on two contemporary philosophers: Judith Butler and Adriana Cavarero. The first part present Levinas’s philosophy paying attention both to his criticism of Husserl’s notion of “intentionality” and the significance that he gives to Rosenzweig’s work. The second part shows the influence of Levinas’s notion of “face” on Judith Butler’s criticism of moral frameworks. Finally, the third part presents Adriana Cavarero’s notion of “inclination” and shows the inheritance from Levinas in this aspect. KEYWORDS: Purpose, ethics, morals, vulnerability, sympathy, face, inclination

Deshacer el género, Judith Butler

Obra ressenyada: Judith BUTLER, Deshacer el género. Barcelona: Paidós, 2006

La noción de performatividad en el pensamiento de Judith Butler: queerness, precariedad y sus proyecciones / The notion of performativity in the thought of Judith Butler: queerness, precariousness and projections

Resumen: A través de un análisis de la evolución de la performatividad como categoría teórica en el pensamiento de Judith Butler, el siguiente artículo busca determinar los cambios de la misma en la obra de la filósofa norteamericana. En ese sentido, resulta sumamente pertinente al presente trabajo la articulación que ha realizado Butler en los últimos años entre los conceptos de precariedad, queerness y performatividad y sus proyecciones y efectos en las comunidades queer. Palabras clave: Butler, Queerness, Precariedad, Performatividad, Políticas sexuales Abstract: Through an analysis of the evolution of performativity as a theoretical category in the thought of Judith Butler, the following article seeks to determine the evolution and changes of her theory. In that sense, it is highly relevant the work she has done in recent years between the concepts of precarity, queerness and performativity and its effects and projections in queer communities. Key words: Butler, Queerness, Precarity, Performativity, Sexual Politic

Martin Paul Eve on talking disability activism with Naomi Lawson Jacobs and Judith Butler

I have spent much of this week thinking about disability activism. I was spurred to this by Naomi Lawson Jacobs who was excluded this week from attending a lecture by Judith Butler at UCL because she uses a mobility scooter. At late notice, the talk was moved to a larger lecture theatre so that more people could attend. However, the new venue was not accessible. I signed Jacobs’ open letter and suggested that she write to Judith Butler. Between us, we agreed that I would write and copy Naomi Jacobs in. To my great surprise, Butler replied almost immediately saying she was appalled and that she was trying to get the venue changed. When this proved impossible at the last minute, Butler instead made a statement at the start of her talk noting that she felt that this was probably illegal under the Equalities Act 2010 and offered to meet with those affected. And so, on Friday afternoon, a small group of us met with Judith at Birkbeck, in the School of Arts, to talk about disability activism, ongoing discrimination in universities, and what can be done

Ressenyes

Index de les obres ressenyades: Judith BUTLER, Frames of War : When Is Life Grievable

Film Review: Judith Butler: Philosophical Encounters of the Third Kind

Review of Judith Butler: Philosophical Encounters of the Third Kind by Paule Zadjermann (filmmaker