Judith Butler on US and world politics, feminism, gender-theory, non-violence, and many other things

Agon Hamza and Frank Ruda sit down with the philosopher Judith Butler, to discuss US politics, feminism, Marx, psychoanalysis, recent films, and a lot of other things.
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[@KymHammond]

Yes on the timestamps. Thanks for this.

[@birdwatching_u_back]

Clicked on this for Judith; was extremely happy to see Frank was the host ☺️

[@clumsydad7158]

Looks fantastic, a few timestamps could be potentially helpful, thanks for expanding education opportunities, ideas, and thought.

[@bahruzsamadov8599]

I am glad she talks about the struggles of Kurdish people and is aware of struggles in the Global South

[@battags22]

Professional Circular Reasoner

[@Grappapappa]

I've never understood her to the extent that I could even say her reasoning is circular. At least, she seems to circulate seemingly similar concepts in her speech all the time.

[@ansgarm.cordie9659]

That was a wonderful conversation. Thank you so much. And, of course, it's Bernie Sanders and not Joe Biden.

[@raidigull8254]

Thanks for this podcast

[@mobinaakbarzade9216]

Thank you sincerely. You just asked the questions I wanted to know Butler's take on. Special thanks for brining up the Gina Movement in Iran.

[@EL-ub2df]

5:30

[@sofyaani]

I think you seem uninformed, Iranians mention her ethnicity as a Kurd. And actually because of this people started to realize that freedom in Iran depends on the freedom of women as well as the freedom of Kurdish people. As for her nationality, she is Iranian, just making sure you don't confuse her as Iraqi Kurdish.

[@sofyaani]

The way you portray it is as though you discovered that. It has been from the beginning and people write besides Woman, Life, and Freedom in Farsi but also in its Kurdish written form.

[@yeahiprotest]

So Judith is like the ultimate right wing boogeyman

[@greyravendreamwalker]

#2 actually, Angela Davis is probably number 1. Florida schools just banned their work in high schools because Davis is a "self avowed Marxist" lmfao.

[@zeenuf00]

'muh right wing muh' Be more typical. 😅😅😅

[@benzbara_]

The gender trouble is a fantastic

[@rocksparadox]

Tell that to Hamas and Hezbollah, the ''progressive'' Islamist/M00h4mmedan organizations she ''praises as being PROGRESSIVE''. (they would hang her for it but she defends the terrorists :D)

[@markrussell3428]

Butler’s critique of capitalism and adoration for some form of a Marxist uprising, which is apparently going to lead to some ultimate utopia, is a beautiful framing for everything that is wrong with this theory. The dilemma with what sounds “good in theory” blows up horrifically in application as demonstrated throughout history, even if all we are striving for is a “compassionate socialism”. The problem is it all falls apart when, like gender theory, you involve humans in the mix. Humans have instinctual behaviors which are at their core often irrational. Butler even points to how authoritarianism emerges, yes - the fascists’ tendencies are exposed as individuals and groups seek to control. This is what comes to the forefront - EVERYTIME and even today it exists in different forms. Is Cuba the ideal, North Korea, China or even the modern republic in Russia? The irony is this is playing out in South Africa today (in 2023) but you wont hear the Marxists talk about the beautiful socialist revolution - rather they will paint this as an alt-right “fantasms”, which is delusional. Julius Malema, and the Economic Freedom Fighters political party, are looking to do “proper wealth redistribution” and apply a "critical" lens to correct past injustices and oppression by proposing to: expropriate “White-owned” farmland, nationalise the mining and banking sectors and even double welfare grants. These are all an attempt at the Marxist ideal aligned with the work of Vladimir Lenin and Mao Zedong. For South Africa this will all end much like Rwanda 1994.