Her analysis of subjection seems to be an analysis of subjagation. However, because the semanitic root "subject" is a self contradictory double meaning in English, the discussion needs some clarification for those new to her terminology. What she calls "subjection" seems to be what I would call "objectification" or "reification" . Is she talking about something other than that ? Reification I would call accepting our powerlessness over our own lives as normal , after an article by Tom Meisendorf. (Will cite better later).
My acquaintance with Judith Butler is almost completely through e-mail. I recall especially debates about her accusations against some as left conservatives. I understand her to be a Lesbian/Gay liberationist and I assume feminist; and to some extent a follower of Michel Foucault.
However, otherwise I am substantially ignorant of her ideas and practice. Perhaps in the course of the discussion some listers can give some answers to the following background questions:
What is her theory of Lesbian and Gay lib. ? What is her theory of feminism ? How is it different from other such theories ?
Is she for socialism ? Does she consider herself a revolutionary ?
What is her sameness and difference with Marxism ?
Is she an anti-racist ? or Black or other national liberationist ? What is her theory of racial or national liberation,if any ?
Charles Brown