Performativity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7076385 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simidele Dosekun (0009-0005-6908-6863, London School of Economics and Political Science, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 1-2 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosp051.pub2 |
| OpenAlex | W4254590788 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Performativity is an interdisciplinary theoretical concept that originates in the philosophy of language of John L. Austin but more recently has been influentially elaborated by the feminist philosopher Judith Butler. It can be understood as discursive practice that engenders or brings into being its very referent, including the embodied subject
Aesthetics · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Linguistics · Performativity · Referent · Sociology · Subject (documents · Computer Science · Decolonial Thought and Epistemologies · Philosophy · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |