Who's Afraid of Gender?

''A profoundly urgent intervention'' Naomi Klein

Shouldn''t we know what we''re arguing about?

From one of the most influential thinkers of our time, an enlightening, essential account of how a fear of gender is fuelling reactionary politics around the world

Judith Butler, the ground-breaking philosopher whose work has redefined how we think about gender and sexuality, confronts the attacks on gender that have become central to right-wing movements today. Global networks have formed ''anti-gender ideology movements'' dedicated to circulating a fantasy that gender is a dangerous threat to families, local cultures, civilization - and even ''man'' himself. Inflamed by the rhetoric of public figures, this movement has sought to abolish reproductive justice, undermine protections against violence, and strip trans and queer people of their rights.

But what, exactly, is so disturbing about gender? In this vital, courageous book, Butler carefully examines how ''gender'' has become a phantasm for emerging authoritarian regimes, fascist formations and transexclusionary feminists, and the concrete ways in which this phantasm works. Operating in tandem with deceptive accounts of critical race theory and xenophobic panics about migration, the anti-gender movement demonizes struggles for equality and leaves millions of people vulnerable to subjugation.

An essential intervention into one of the most fraught issues of our moment, Who''s Afraid of Gender? is a galvanizing call to make a broad coalition with all those who struggle for equality and fight injustice. Imagining new possibilities for freedom and solidarity, Butler offers us an essentially hopeful work that is both timely and timeless.<>

About the author

Judith Butler is a philosopher and Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School at the University of California, Berkeley. Their books, including Gender Trouble and Bodies That Matter, have been translated into over twenty-five languages.

Product details

• Authors: Judith Butler
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 20.03.2025
• EAN: 9781802061062
• ISBN: 978-1-80206-106-2
• No. of pages: 308
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Gender & the law, Political science and theory, Feminism and feminist theory, Relating to LGBTQ+ people, SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ+ Studies / Transgender Studies