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Judith Butler

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Judith Butler is an American poststructuralist scholar whose research fields include feminist phenomenology, queer theory, political philosophy and ethics. In 1993, he began teaching in the Department of Rhetoric and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley, and in 1998 he became the Maxine Eliot Chair Professor of Comparative Literature and Critical Theory. Butler is also the Hannah Olam Chair in Higher Education in Europe.

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Scholars
Nationality
United States
Born
1956-02-24
Wikidata
Q219368
Occupations philosopherwriteruniversity teachersociologistliterary criticwomen's rights activistjournalistsocial scientistpsychologistpsychoanalyst
Aliases Judith ButlerJudith ButlerJudith Butler

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