Judith Butler, a prominent American gender theorist and philosopher, has faced significant criticism following the release of her new book, 'Who's Afraid of Gender?'. Critics have accused Butler of poor scholarship, including persistent misdescription of the people and views she attempts to criticize, carelessness with citations described as 'unacceptable in an undergraduate essay', and plagiarism. These allegations have led to Butler withdrawing from a scheduled series of talks at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. The criticisms have been echoed across various platforms, with some reviewers expressing surprise at the extent of the mistakes and misrepresentations found in the book, describing the situation as 'self-destructing' and highlighting 'intellectual duplicity, obscurity, misrepresentation, misunderstanding and resentment'.
Judith Butler is a true miracle of intellectual duplicity, obscurity, misrepresentation, misunderstanding and resentment. She exemplifies everything wrong with the modern academy. The exemplar of everything pathological about the modern academy. https://t.co/bfoDGLAkMs
Judith Butler is self-destructing with her latest book. Mistakes, misrepresentations, even some light plagiarism. https://t.co/CPp0JgAIzF
Just how dumb is Judith Butler -- and why is she a giant along the professors? https://t.co/mvPbEDELX7
Gender theorist Judith Butler becomes the latest high profile academic to incur a plagiarism accusation: https://t.co/FpQ9llnDoY
.@byrne_a: Judith "Butler also persistently misdescribes the people and views she attempts to criticize, and her carelessness with citations would be unacceptable in an undergraduate essay. And, as if this mess wasn’t bad enough, it comes with a dollop of plagiarism on top."…
American gender theorist and philosopher Judith Butler has withdrawn from a series of talks at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, following criticisms for their comments on the October 7 attacks. https://t.co/bzmfCtyY6X
Judith Butler, arch ideologue theorist of gender wokeness, is accused of poor scholarship and plagiarism in her new book https://t.co/t1L09f3pge
Judith Butler's book is not just poorly argued. She also persistently misdescribes the people and views she attempts to criticize, and her carelessness with citations would be unacceptable in an undergraduate essay. https://t.co/JSIAf9iymx
I reviewed Judith Butler’s new book for @FairerSexFD. The many mistakes and misrepresentations were no surprise, but I was gobsmacked to discover plagiarism. https://t.co/jmXHs4YacE https://t.co/WndqB2wUOC
The Phantasmagoric World of Judith Butler https://t.co/v7h7MhNy7E
ICYMI: Judith Butler discusses her new book, "Who's Afraid of Gender?" https://t.co/NsMNNChYWO