Senior Theses
Publication Date
12-11-2017
Document Type
Thesis (Open Access)
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy
Department
Philosophy
Faculty Advisor(s)
Jesús Ilundáin-Agurruza
Subject Categories
Epistemology | Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Gender and Sexuality | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies | Philosophy
Abstract
Queer theory, as a subfield of feminist theories concerned with revealing epistemic, political, and humanitarian problems of a male-dominated society, has been heavily influenced by its founding thinkers, including Judith Butler, the theorist focused on herein. In critiquing various problems of our western society, Butler preserves the structure underlying such problems: through her approach of a gay/straight framework critiquing a male domination of female, the binary is preserved. This is problematic for many reasons, including its exclusion of perspectives that do not fall cleanly into such dichotomies, namely trans and polysexual ones. By appealing to these, as well as to Herbert Marcuse and other theorists skeptical of abstracted, dichotomized approaches, this project attempts to bring Butler back into the world of experience.
Recommended Citation
Harper, Josh, "Rocky Horror Sublimation: Identity as a Contingency of Experience" (2017). Senior Theses. 9.
https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/philstud_theses/9
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