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The Unaccountable Subject: Judith Butler and the Social Conditions of Intersubjective Agency
- Hypatia
- Indiana University Press
- Volume 21, Number 2, Spring 2006
- pp. 81-103
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Judith Butler's Kritik der ethischen Gewalt1 represents a significant refinement of her position on the relationship between the construction of the subject and her social subjection. While Butler's earlier texts reflect a somewhat restricted notion of agency, her Adorno Lectures formulate a notion of agency that extends beyond mere resistance. This essay traces the development of Butler's account of agency and evaluates it in light of feminist projects of social transformation.