Butler, Recovery and Invention

Recovery and Invention: The Projects of Desire in Hegel, Kojève, Hyppolite, and Sartre” is the title of Judith Butler’s 1984 PhD dissertation from Yale University, where they explored desire, self-formation, and philosophical concepts through the lens of 20th-century French thinkers interpreting Hegel, which later formed the basis for their first book, Subjects of Desire. This early work laid foundational philosophical groundwork, focusing on how desire and recognition shape subjectivity, influencing later theories on identity and politics, even as Butler moved towards broader critiques of gender and norms

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