Seems Quotes by Judith Butler

It seems, though, that historically we have now reached a position in which Jews cannot legitimately be understood always and only as…

— Judith Butler

Race and class are rendered distinct analytically only to produce the realization that the analysis of the one cannot proceed without the…

— Judith Butler

If we think about sexual life for a gender life, it seems to me that we have to allow for certain kinds…

— Judith Butler

It seems to me that "Gender trouble" will always be important to try and open up our ideas of what gender is.…

— Judith Butler

It seems to me that responsiveness is a better source for understanding what moral claims are and how they work upon us.

— Judith Butler

The real question is how do you survive at the same time you pose those risks? Because you need to survive. And…

— Judith Butler

Revenge tries to solve the problem of vulnerability. If I strike back, I transfer vulnerability from myself to the other. And yet…

— Judith Butler

Because Al-Qaeda has been a non-state centered organisation, many of these scenarios do not exactly apply. These are not wars between states.…

— Judith Butler

You could protect a religious minority against gays and lesbians. Or you could protect gays and lesbians against a religious minority. And…

— Judith Butler

Not all bodies are born in male or female. There is a continuum of bodies and it seems to me that trying…

— Judith Butler

So for instance in rap music, you very often hear words that would seem very racist, or very misogynous or very homophobic…

— Judith Butler

Maybe one of the jobs of theory or philosophy is to elevate principles that seem impossible, or that have the status of…

— Judith Butler

Maybe we need to start with the rethinking of what is "west" and what is "non-west." It seems to me that there…

— Judith Butler