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The Unaccountable Subject: Judith Butler and the Social Conditions of Intersubjective Agency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2020

Kathy Dow Magnus
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Abstract

Judith Butler's Kritik der ethischen Gewalt1 represents a significant refinement of her position on the relationship between the construction of the subject and her social subjection. While Butler's earlier texts reflect a somewhat restricted notion of agency, her Adorno Lectures formulate a notion of agency that extends beyond mere resistance. This essay traces the development of Butler's account of agency and evaluates it in light of feminist projects of social transformation.

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Hypatia , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , Spring 2006 , pp. 81 - 103
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Copyright © 2006 by Hypatia, Inc.

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