An Atlas of Philosophy · 2,600 Years of Thought
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Human Thought
An interactive explorer charting 244 philosophers, 424 intellectual connections, and 63 schools across 2,600 years of ideas that shaped the world.
244
Philosophers
424
Connections
63
Schools
8
Eras
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Across 8 Eras
Ancient
35
philosophers
Eastern Ancient
9
philosophers
Medieval
14
philosophers
Islamic Golden Age
10
philosophers
Renaissance
7
philosophers
Early Modern
19
philosophers
Modern
64
philosophers
Contemporary
86
philosophers
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Judith Butler
1956 – ? · Contemporary
Judith Butler is an American philosopher and gender theorist whose concept of gender performativity revolutionized feminist theory, queer theory, and the broader understanding of identity. Their work, drawing on speech act theory, phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and post-structuralism, argues that gender is not a natural given or inner essence but a repeated …
“There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender; that identity is performatively constituted by the very 'expressions' that are said to be its results.”
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