Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly , Cambridge : Harvard
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Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly is perhaps Butler’s most relevant work for geographers, urbanists, and scholars of social movements. Drawing from contemporary popular uprisings, assemblies and occupations–including Occupy Wall Street, Tahrir Square, Gezi Park, Black Lives Matter and the Indignados–Butler engages with political philosophers ranging from Arendt to Agamben to Adorno seeking a universal theory of assembly through performative, embodied dissent. Those who closely follow Butler through working papers passed by email or recorded lectures online will recognize some of the chapter titles and main arguments. Most of the six essays were developed first as lectures delivered at Bryn Mawr College in 2011 as part of the Mary Flexner Lectures, and four of the six were previously published in similar form in journals or edited volumes.1 In speaking about contemporary popular uprisings that commanded global attention, Butler enters a crowded arena. Known as a founder of queer theory, her groundbreaking work on gender may not make her an obvious candidate to elucidate 21st century organized resistance. However, she notes that:
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