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Vulnerability in Resistance
Judith Butler
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Description for Vulnerability in Resistance
Paperback. Editor(s): Butler, Judith; Gambetti, Zeynep; Sabsay, Leticia. Num Pages: 352 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HPS; JFFK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 230 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
Vulnerability and resistance have often been seen as opposites, with the assumption that vulnerability requires protection and the strengthening of paternalistic power at the expense of collective resistance. Focusing on political movements and cultural practices in different global locations, including Turkey, Palestine, France, and the former Yugoslavia, the contributors to Vulnerability in Resistance articulate an understanding of the role of vulnerability in practices of resistance. They consider how vulnerability is constructed, invoked, and mobilized within neoliberal discourse, the politics of war, resistance to authoritarian and securitarian power, in LGBTQI struggles, and in the resistance to occupation and colonial violence. The ... Read more
Vulnerability and resistance have often been seen as opposites, with the assumption that vulnerability requires protection and the strengthening of paternalistic power at the expense of collective resistance. Focusing on political movements and cultural practices in different global locations, including Turkey, Palestine, France, and the former Yugoslavia, the contributors to Vulnerability in Resistance articulate an understanding of the role of vulnerability in practices of resistance. They consider how vulnerability is constructed, invoked, and mobilized within neoliberal discourse, the politics of war, resistance to authoritarian and securitarian power, in LGBTQI struggles, and in the resistance to occupation and colonial violence. The ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
511g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822362906
SKU
V9780822362906
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About Judith Butler
Judith Butler is Maxine Elliot Professor of Comparative Literature and Critical Theory at the University of California, Berkeley. Zeynep Gambetti is Associate Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Bogazici University. Leticia Sabsay is Assistant Professor in the Gender Institute at the London School of ... Read more
Reviews for Vulnerability in Resistance
Offers diverse and insightful opportunities for radical politics today. . . . A valuable contribution to feminist geography.
Angharad Butler-Rees
Gender, Place & Culture
The richness of the accounts offered in the book . . . creates a distinctive space at the intersections of feminist, cultural, social and political theory.
Claudia Lapping
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Angharad Butler-Rees
Gender, Place & Culture
The richness of the accounts offered in the book . . . creates a distinctive space at the intersections of feminist, cultural, social and political theory.
Claudia Lapping
... Read more