{"product_id":"whos-afraid-of-gender-judith-butler-9781250371911","title":"Who's Afraid of Gender?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Washington Post, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTime, Los Angeles Times, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e ELLE, Cosmopolitan, Kirkus, Literary Hub, Autostraddle, The Millions, Electric Literature, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ethem.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A profoundly urgent intervention.\" --Naomi Klein \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A timely must-read for anyone actively invested in re-imagining collective futurity.\" --Claudia Rankine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom a global icon, a bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politics around the world. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJudith Butler, the groundbreaking thinker whose iconic book \u003ci\u003eGender Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e 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 dangerous, 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 reproductive justice, undermine protections against sexual and gender violence, and strip trans and queer people of their rights to pursue a life without fear of violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe aim of \u003ci\u003eWho's Afraid of Gender?\u003c\/i\u003e is not to offer a new theory of gender but to examine how \"gender\" has become a phantasm for emerging authoritarian regimes, fascist formations, and transexclusionary feminists. In their vital, courageous new book, Butler illuminates the concrete ways that this phantasm of \"gender\" collects and displaces anxieties and fears of destruction. Operating in tandem with deceptive accounts of \"critical race theory\" and xenophobic panics about migration, the anti-gender movement demonizes struggles for equality, fuels aggressive nationalism, and leaves millions of people vulnerable to subjugation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn essential intervention into one of the most fraught issues of our moment, \u003ci\u003eWho's Afraid of Gender?\u003c\/i\u003e is a bold call to refuse the alliance with authoritarian movements and to make a broad coalition with all those whose struggle for equality is linked with fighting injustice. Imagining new possibilities for both freedom and solidarity, Butler offers us a hopeful work of social and political analysis that is both timely and timeless--a book whose verve and rigor only they could deliver.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Judith Butler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250371910\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250371911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Judith Butler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45482821779711,"sku":"9781250371911","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_edc59ec0-0aa9-4be5-8c96-0c91a9498122.jpg?v=1715999587","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/whos-afraid-of-gender-judith-butler-9781250371911","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}