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Alex O'conner
JA Westenberg
Philosophy Tube
- Who's Afraid of Gender? (A Guide to Judith Butler)
- "Informed public debate becomes impossible when some parties refuse to read the material under dispute... Its is nearly impossible to breach this epixtemic divide with good arguments because of the fear that reading will introduce confusion into the reader's mind or bring her into direct contact with the devil... They are sceptical of the academy for fear that intellectual debates may well confuse them about the values they hold. Their refusal to care much about consistency, to base their phrases and making them into lightning rods, however are all finally a refusal to think critically." - Judith Butler, Who's Afraid of Gender?