Brief Synopsis of Judith Butler’s “‘We, The People’: Thoughts on Freedom of Assembly”

In her essay “‘We, The People’: Thoughts on Freedom of Assembly”, Judith Butler, author of Notes Toward A Performative Theory of Assembly, strikes an interesting discussion on how to interpret the iconic phrase “we, the people.” She determines that this phrase, when vocalized in time and space, is first a performative act that self-constitutes those … Continue reading Brief Synopsis of Judith Butler’s “‘We, The People’: Thoughts on Freedom of Assembly”