Summary
Judith Butler: Toward a performative theory of gathering
Considering public gatherings as plural forms of performative action and an inseparable part of freedom of expression, Judith Butler in this book expands her theory of performativity to prove that precarity was a galvanizing force in the last mass protests (Tahrir Square, Occupy Wall Street, etc.) In detailed philosophical reflections on the work of Hannah Arendt, specifically on social and political the ontology that her work has generated, the author finds the potential for the rehabilitation of humanism and a truly transformative politics. Her sharp intellectual examination of the politics of public gatherings, performative space, popular sovereignty and performing bodies is actually a manifesto against the privatization and individualization of political cultures. This book is a timely call to recognize the political significance of contemporary media and the ways in which these media have changed ethical and political domains; a call to gathering, a rebellion against discrimination, environmental devastation and precariousness, and a demand for a fairer and more egalitarian future.
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