Resistance Actions. Judith Butler and the Performative Theory of Assembly
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This article explains the essential elements of Judith Butler's performative theory of manifestation and its critical relationship with the Arendtian theory of political action. In this sense, the embodied performativity of the congregations of agents excluded or subjected to precariousness in the public space, described by Butler, creates new "spaces of appearance" in the Arendtian sense. However, Butler goes beyond Arendt, as he proposes that the congregations of these agents constitute the material symbol of their precariousness, and with their bodies, they intervene in the public sphere through actions of resistance.
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