{"product_id":"judith-butlers-precarious-politics-critical-encounters-9780415384438","title":"Judith Butler's Precarious Politics: Critical Encounters","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Terrell Carver | Samuel A. Chambers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Feminism \u0026amp; Feminist Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJudith Butler has been arguably the most important gender theorist of the past twenty years. This edited volume draws leading international political theorists into dialogue with her political theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter is written by an acclaimed political theorist and concentrates on a particular aspect of Butler's work. The book is divided into five sections which reflect the interdisciplinary nature of Butler's work and activism: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eButler and Philosophy: explores Butler's unique relationship to the discipline of philosophy, considering her work in light of its philosophical contributions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eButler and Subjectivity: covers the vexed question of subjectivity with which Butler has engaged throughout her published history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eButler and Gender: considers the most problematic area, gender, taken by many to be primary to Butler's work\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eButler and Democracy: engages with Butler's significant contribution to the literature of radical democracy and to the central political issues faced by our post-cold war \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eButler and Action: focuses directly on the question of political agency and political action in Butler's work. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong with its companion volume, \u003cem\u003eJudith Butler and Political Theory, \u003c\/em\u003e it marks an intellectual event for political theory, with major implications for feminism, women's studies, gender studies, cultural studies, lesbian and gay studies, queer theory and anyone with a critical interest in contemporary American 'great power' politics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46887650754711,"sku":"9780415384438","price":6490.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780415384438.webp?v=1770256796","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/judith-butlers-precarious-politics-critical-encounters-9780415384438","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}