From a Misfire to an Open Future: Repetition, Performativity and the Promise of the Metaphor

Authors

  • Ana Vulic KU Leuven

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2218/forum.15.533

Abstract

This article deals with the notion of performativity through the work of J.L. Austin, Shoshana Felman, and, most significantly, Judith Butler. It examines the intertextual references of the work of the mentioned theorists mainly through the notion of promise which is used as an example, a metaphor, but also as an organizing principle of the performative logic of their texts.

Author Biography

Ana Vulic, KU Leuven

Ana Vulic is currently a PhD student at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Leuven (Belgium). Her present research focuses on the intersecting points between Judith Butler’s work on performativity and theories of late capitalism as presented in the work of Slavoj Zizek, Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, and Wendy Brown.

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Published

12-Dec-2012

How to Cite

Vulic, Ana. 2012. “From a Misfire to an Open Future: Repetition, Performativity and the Promise of the Metaphor”. FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture & The Arts, no. 15 (December):1-12. https://doi.org/10.2218/forum.15.533.

Issue

No. 15 (2012): Imitation and Repetition

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