Judith Butler asks Who’s Afraid of Gender? - Komedia Bath

One of the most influential thinkers of our time & the author who has defined modern understanding of gender, Judith Butler joins us for Who’s Afraid of Gender?

An instant Sunday Times Bestseller, this is an enlightening, essential account of how a fear of gender is fuelling reactionary politics around the world.

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

‘A profoundly urgent intervention.’ ~ Naomi Klein

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.

“An argument for how a fear of gender is fuelling reactionary politics around the world from one of the leading authorities on the subject.” ~ Financial Times, What to Read in 2024

“One of our foremost thinkers returns with an essential polemic on gender, an urgent frontline of the culture wars… Who’s Afraid of Gender? calls for gender expression to be recognized as a basic human right, and for radical solidarity across our differences. With masterful analysis of where we’ve been and an inspiring vision for where we must go next, this book resounds like an impassioned depth charge.” ~ Esquire, Best Books of 2024

General Information: 

• Auditorium tickets are on the ground floor, in theatre style rows. For information on our accessibility click here. Please email [email protected] if you have any specific queries. 
• This show will feature a British Sign Language interpreter live on stage. We advise selecting seats on the left-hand side of the Auditorium for best view of the interpreter. 
• This event is for ages 14+ (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)
• Doors: 6:00pm // Start: 7:00pm

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