An Instant Sunday Times Bestseller

One of the most anticipated books of 2024 according to The Times, Guardian, Financial Times, New Statesman, The Independent, The Scotsman, Time, and others.

Shouldn't we know exactly what we're talking about?

From one of the most influential thinkers of our time, an enlightening, essential account of how the fear of gender fuels reactionary politics worldwide. Judith Butler, the pioneering philosopher who has revolutionized the way we think about gender and sexuality, addresses the gender attacks that have become central to conservative movements today.

Global networks have formed "anti-gender ideology movements" that devote their imagination to the idea that gender is a dangerous threat to families, local cultures, civilization – and even to 'man' himself.

Amplified by the rhetoric of public figures, this movement seeks to abolish reproductive justice, undermine protections against violence, and strip trans and queer people of their rights.

But what, exactly, is so troubling about gender? In this vital, courageous book, Butler carefully examines how 'gender' has become a specter for emerging authoritarian regimes, fascist forms, and extremely exclusive feminists.

Operating in parallel action with misleading narratives about critical race theory and xenophobic panics over immigration, the anti-gender movement demonizes the struggles for equality and leaves millions of people vulnerable to subjugation.

An essential intervention in one of the most charged issues of our time, Who’s Afraid of Gender? is a call to build a broader alliance with all those who fight for equality and battle injustice.

Envisioning new possibilities for freedom and solidarity, Butler offers a fundamentally hopeful work that is both timely and timeless.

Pages: 320, Dimensions: 16.2x16.2cm