The response paper Youngil Hong The Psychic Life of Power- Judith Butler Butler surveys the ideas of Hegel‚ Althusser‚ and Foucault around subject formation‚ interrogating how power produces its subject and how that subject comes to perceive itself as one. Butler understands power as forming the subject and as providing the very condition of its existence. I believe that her basic idea is that the subjects become attached to the conditions of their own subjectivity even if these conditions
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Butler’s "Gender Trouble‚" addresses the problems of gender distinction and the inherent flaws related to current modes of thought. Butler begins by explaining how she will question the gender hierarchy. She notes that current feminism seeks to define gender. However‚ this is problematic. The focus on defining gender and the perceived risks of failing to do so ignore the political issue that requires a distinction (2540). Gender itself is a performance - an artificial attempt that is accepted as
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celebrating? In “Imitation and Gender Insubordination”‚ Judith Butler explores what it really means to come out and claim an identity. Although Butler acknowledges the importance of coming out for purposes of personal affirmation and community organization‚ she is ultimately skeptical in the coming out process because it means conforming to the discourses of oppressive powers and because the meaning of the identities themselves are ambiguous. Butler recognizes that coming out can be advantageous for many
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James Butler hickok‚ better known as wild Bill Hickok ‚ was a well known folk hero of the old west. He is best known for his work across the frontier as a drover‚ Wagonmaster‚ soldier‚ spy‚ scout‚ lawman‚ gunfighter‚ gambler‚ and showman. He earned a great deal of fame in his time‚ most of it because of his over exaggerated and often outlandish stories that were fabricated up of unrealistic circumstances. Which leads us to wonder what events of his life are real or just fantastic stories. It is a
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Common everyday citizens expect themselves and others in society to obey laws. Laws are obeyed for moral‚ ethical and legal perspectives. Laws are enforced at the local‚ state and federal level by police; these police can be parallel to the laws being enforced or subsequent. For example‚ it is common for the Federal Bureau of Investigation to become involved in a federal case; however‚ a local police officer can enact his authority on an initial felony action. The United States on the surface has
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M. Abdulaeva Text Analysis The Lumber Room The text under analysis is written by the famous British novelist and short story writer Hector Munro. The story is narrated in the 3rd person. The main character is the extract is orphan Nicholas‚ who lives with his aunt and his cousins. The style of writing is satirical in a humorous way. The scene is laid in house of Nicholas’s aunt. In this day he is in disgrace‚ because he misbehaves at the breakfast. His cousins and his younger brother are to
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cultural‚ to psychological‚ to physical‚ to technological and to even microscopic. Even more fascinating is the fact that this mirrors life outside of literature. A work of literature that displays manipulation in multiple facets is Dawn by Octavia Butler (2). Dawn is the story of Lilith‚
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“Adam’s Curse” William Butler Yeats William Yeats’ “Adam’s Curse” is a poem that addresses a profound truth of time. Any human accomplishment such as poetry‚ music‚ or physical beauty requires much labor and is appreciated by few. He says this through an emotional recollection of a conversation between himself‚ his lover and her friend. I believe the meaning of the work lays waiting like a net‚ waiting to catch the reader at surface level. The poem is simplistic in nature‚ which is quite atypical
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William Butler Yeats. William Butler Yeats was the major figure in the cultural revolution which developed from the strong nationalistic movement at the end of the 19th century. He dominated the writings of a generation. He established forms and themes which came to be considered as the norms for writers of his generation. Yeats was a confessional poet - that is to say‚ that he wrote his poetry directly from his own experiences. He was an idealist‚ with a purpose. This was to create
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A pray for my Daughter The summary of A prayer for My Daughter by William Butler Yeats opens up with an image of the poet’s daughter who is fast asleep in her cradle. The storm he talks about at the very onset of the poem is nothing but a contrast to the quiet sleep of the baby. The poet is worried about his child and his gloominess of mind is well portrayed through the first stanza itself. In the first stanza itself‚ the backdrop of the weather with the storm raging is nothing but a potent
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