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Judith Butler (1956-) is an American political philosopher. The main thread in Butler’s works is to explore the relation between desire and recognition and the constitution of the human subject. For Butler, recognition always contains an aspect of misrecognition. Recognition necessarily excludes something important. Thus, it is a never-ending process. Butler’s ideas have proved influential in feminism, gender studies and queer studies.
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Roman-Lagerspetz, S. (2020). Judith Butler. In: Siep, L., Ikaheimo, H., Quante, M. (eds) Handbuch Anerkennung. Springer Reference Geisteswissenschaften. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-19561-8_81-1
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