#39 Heartland Podcast: Judith Butler

Legendary philosopher and gender theorist Judith Butler met with Danish journalist Lotte Folke Kaarsholm in front of a live audience at Heartland 2019 to discuss the future of gender politics.Judith Butler is perhaps one of the most important and influential gender theorists of all time. Her work and theories on gender, feminism, and ethics has had enormous political and social significance. In this talk Butler discuss why there is still fear and shame connected to gender identity and sexuality and how this can be changed for the better.The conversation you are about to hear is a part of Heartland’s Future Talks. These talks are created to invite scientists and theorists into the public conversation and make us all care and take an interest in the future.Future Talks is supported by Lundbeckfonden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.