Judith Butler, Author at Critical Legal Thinking

Judith Butler

Judith Butler: ‘I affirm a Judaism that is not associated with state violence’

by Judith Butler | 29 Aug 2012 | Article

Yesterday (the 26th of Aug) the Jerusalem Post published an attack on the awarding of a major international prize to Judith Butler, the philosopher and Berkeley professor of comparative literature, because Butler favors boycotting Israel. Butler wrote this response...

Fiscal Crisis or the Neo-liberal Assault on Democracy

by Judith Butler | 14 Nov 2011 | Article

Of course, it is always possible, and very often the case, that the dominant media claims that a “fiscal crisis” has precipitated mass demonstrations, strikes, and new forms of political mobilization in Greece. Although it is true that there is fiscal crisis, it...