»Der im Kern hochpolitischen Philosophie des Gender ist politische Pragmatik einigermaßen fremd. Dass Judith Butler auch anders kann, zeigt das klare, frische Büchlein ›Krieg und Affekt‹. Hier gelingt es ihr, die These vom kontingenten Körper und seiner basalen Verletzlichkeit in eine Ethik zu überführen.« Wilhelm Trapp, Die ZEIT
is an American post-structuralist philosopher and philologist, renowned for her contributions to gender studies and feminism. She is a professor in the Rhetoric and Comparative Literature departments at Berkeley University, California, and also teaches at the European Graduate School, Saas-Fee. Her research interests include continental philosophy and critical theory, gender and sexuality, literary and cultural studies, race and ethnicity, as well as political and social thought.