Parsing Performativity: A Critique of Butler's Queer Theory Via Formal Method

Zia, Sidra

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Parsing Performativity: A Critique of Butler's Queer Theory Via Formal Method

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Zia, Sidra. Parsing Performativity: A Critique of Butler's Queer Theory Via Formal Method. ctschicago.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/ac035b87-c0ea-41c6-9520-5a13c01e2182?locale=pt-BR.

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Z. Sidra. Parsing Performativity: A Critique of Butler's Queer Theory Via Formal Method. https://ctschicago.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/ac035b87-c0ea-41c6-9520-5a13c01e2182?locale=pt-BR

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An indispensable principle of Judith Butler’s undisputed theory of performativity is that gender lacks any stagnant essential reality—that is, its meaning is constantly being informed by, among many things, societal institutions, language, historicity, and the act of its own assertion. Metaphysical frameworks that are inconsistent with this contention are often rooted in essentialist ideology, whereas those that accommodate it are by and large labeled as existentialist. But how does performativity, a theory lauded as an unadulterated existentialist one, stand up against a rigorous investigation for coherence? This paper argues that upon its analysis in formal terms and the parsing of its assumptions, implications, and extrapolations, the theory fails to retain its strength and coherence. A surprising solution utilizing Edward Zalta’s unconventional characterization of modal essentialism is proposed.

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