Quote of the day
One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
Judith Butler
Born: February 24, 1956 (age 69)
Bio: Judith Butler is an American philosopher and gender theorist whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics and the fields of feminist, queer and literary theory.
Known for:
- Gender Trouble (1990)
- Bodies that matter (1993)
- Precarious Life (2004)
- Undoing Gender (2004)
- Hass spricht. Zur Politik des Performativen (1997)
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