Who's Afraid of Gender?

Judith Butler

eAudio - 2024

This program is read by the author.Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by Time, Elle, Kirkus, Literary Hub, The Millions, Electric Literature, and them."A profoundly urgent intervention." —Naomi Klein "A timely must-read for anyone actively invested in re-imagining 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" tha...t are dedicated to circulating a fantasy that gender is a dangerous, perhaps diabolical, threat to families, local cultures, civilization—and even "man" himself. Inflamed by the rhetoric of... more