ABSTRACT

How has Judith Butler’s writing contributed to thought in the Social Sciences and the Humanities? The participants in this project draw on various aspects of Butler’s conceptual work and they question how it has opened up the possibilities of thought in areas of study as diverse as theatre studies, education and narrative therapy.

In a format that demands careful listening and response, the scholars in this book interact with Butler, her writing, and each other. Within this dynamic space they take up Butler’s body of work and carry it in new and exciting directions. Their conversations and writing are, in turn, funny, exciting, surprising and moving.

part |85 pages

Conversation with Judith Butler I

chapter 1|20 pages

“An Account of Oneself”

chapter 1|15 pages

Forgiving, Given Over, Given Away

A Response to Judith Butler

chapter 2|13 pages

Passionately Attached

Academic Subjects of Desire

chapter 2|17 pages

Found/Wanting and Becoming/Undone

A Response to Eva Bendix Petersen

part |47 pages

Conversation with Judith Butler II

chapter 3|17 pages

Becoming Sissy

A Response to David McInnes

part |52 pages

Conversation with Judith Butler III

chapter 4|18 pages

Words That Matter

Reading the Performativity of Humanity through Butler and Blanchot

chapter 4|24 pages

Sustaining Language/Existing Threats

Resistance and Rhetoric in Australian Refugee Discourses: A Response to Linnell Secomb

part |48 pages

Conversation with Judith Butler IV

chapter 5|22 pages

Taking Account of Childhood Excess

“Bringing the Elsewhere Home”

chapter 5|18 pages

Dressing Up and Growing Up

Rehearsals on the Threshold of Intelligibility: A Response to Affrica Taylor

part |9 pages

Conversation with Judith Butler V