Judith Butler

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Born 1956-02-24 Cleveland, USA 14 credits BAFTA Awards 1 Guggenheim Fellowship 1 Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres 1 honorary doctor of the Autonomous University of Barcelona 1 Catalonia International Prize 1

Awards

Won 1 BAFTA Award

BAFTA Awards 1 won

2015 Fellow of the British Academy Won

Guggenheim Fellowship 1 won

— Guggenheim Fellowship Won

Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres 1 won

— Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres Won

honorary doctor of the Autonomous University of Barcelona 1 won

2026 honorary doctor of the Autonomous University of Barcelona Won

Catalonia International Prize 1 won

2021 Catalonia International Prize Won

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Judith Butler FBA is an American philosopher and gender theorist whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics and the fields of third-wave feminist, queer and literary theory. She has taught at the University of California, Berkeley since 1993. Butler is best known for her books Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (1990) and Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex (1993), in which she challenges conventional notions of gender and develops her theory of gender performativity. Butler has actively supported lesbian and gay rights movements and has spoken out on many contemporary political issues. She is a vocal critic of Zionism, Israeli politics and its effect on the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

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Acting 11 credits