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Who's Afraid of Gender?

eBook - 2024

National Bestseller. Named a Best Book of 2024 by NPR, Harper's Bazaar, W, and Esquire."A profoundly urgent intervention." —Naomi Klein "A timely must-read for anyone actively invested in reimagining collective futurity." —Claudia RankineFrom a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politics around the world. Judith Butler, the groundbreaking thinker whose iconic book Gender Trouble 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" that are dedicated to circulating a fantasy that gender is a dan...gerous, perhaps diabolical, threat to families, local cultures, civilization—and even "man" himself. Inflamed by the rhetoric of public figures, this movement has sought to nullify...

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