Critique as a technique of self: A Butlerian analysis of Judith Butler's prefaces

History of the Human Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 105-122

  Boland, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Critique; Disavowal; Judith Butler; Michel Foucault; Performativity; Ren Girard; Technique of self

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547421705     PISSN: 09526951     EISSN: 1461720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952695107079337     Document Type: Article

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