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Judith Butler

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Judith Pamela Butler (born February 24, 1956) is an American feminist philosopher and gender studies scholar whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics, and the fields of third-wave feminism, queer theory, and literary theory. In 1993, Butler joined the faculty in the Department of Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley, where they became the Maxine Elliot Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program in Critical Theory in 1998. They also hold the Hannah Arendt Chair at the European Graduate School (EGS). Butler is best known for their books Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (1990) and Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex (1993), in which they challenge conventional, heteronormative notions of gender and develop their theory of gender performativity. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Judith Butler is the 338th most popular philosopher (down from 317th in 2019), the 1,076th most popular biography from United States (down from 786th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Philosopher.

Judith Butler is most famous for her work in gender theory. She argues that gender is not a biological fact, but rather a social construct. Butler's work has been highly influential in feminist and queer theory.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Judith Butler ranks 338 out of 1,267. Before her are Juan Luis Vives, Martianus Capella, Han Yu, Jacobus Arminius, Nicolai Hartmann, and Alexandre Kojève. After her are John Searle, Johann Georg Hamann, Hunayn ibn Ishaq, Nachmanides, David Strauss, and Louis Couturat.

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Among people born in 1956, Judith Butler ranks 27. Before her are Carrie Fisher, Martina Navratilova, Tsai Ing-wen, Chris Isaak, Andy García, and Linda Hamilton. After her are Giuseppe Tornatore, Geena Davis, Ingemar Stenmark, Min Aung Hlaing, Bidzina Ivanishvili, and Khaled Mashal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Judith Butler ranks 1,076 out of 20,380. Before her are Victor Fleming (1889), John Browning (1855), Kamehameha I (1758), Kenneth G. Wilson (1936), Suzi Quatro (1950), and Benjamin Thompson (1753). After her are Kevin Kline (1947), Henry Mancini (1924), Tobin Bell (1942), Donald J. Cram (1919), Roy Cohn (1927), and Arthur Kennedy (1914).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Judith Butler ranks 6. Before her are Willard Van Orman Quine (1908), John Rawls (1921), George Herbert Mead (1863), Donald Davidson (1917), and Pat Robertson (1930). After her are John Searle (1932), Anne Sullivan (1866), Robert Nozick (1938), Richard Rorty (1931), Hilary Putnam (1926), and Michael J. Sandel (1953).

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