On 11 September 2012, the American philosopher Judith Butler received the renowned Theodor W. Adorno Award of the City of Frankfurt am Main for her work in philosophy. Her theory of performative gender challenges fixed gender roles, forced sexual orientation and racist ideology while promoting a universal code of ethics. As a woman, a Jew, and an intellectual Butler rejects the reduction of Judaism to a nationalist definition of Zionism. A radical pacifist, she is committed to movements that fight – peacefully, albeit with unorthodox strategies – to find political solutions that ensure a basis of equal rights for all people in those lands, for Israelis and Palestinians alike.
Programme
Welcome: Cilly Kugelmann, Christoph F. E. Holzhey
Diskussion: Judith Butler and Micha Brumlik
Moderation: Andreas Öhler
In English and German
With
Judith Butler
Micha Brumlik
Organized by
The Jewish Museum Berlin and the ICI Berlin
Venue:
Jüdisches Museum Berlin
Lindenstraße 9-14
10969 Berlin
Image credit: Gerald Zoerner
