Talk:Performativity

message: The term performativity goes back to J.L. Austin. It was reinterpreted within the discourse by people like Derrida, Habermas and others. J. Butler´s definition of this term is only one possible reading. It would be good to write a more comprehensive article on this term, since it is a very wideranging one within the field of cultural studies. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.174.41.129 (talk) 13:58, 9 November, 2006 (UTC)
:Someone erased a previous version that was actually mentioning Austin. Contributions are welcome, but unjustified, proto-vandalist removals are questionable. I'll retrieve material from earleir version here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Performativity&diff=81241788&oldid=81004649
-- Typewritten 23:40, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: if the position of Searle is mentioned and illustrated, one should also illustrate the argument of Jacques Derrida or mention the debate between the two. Especailly because of the fact, that Butler's perspective is influenced a lot by Derridas Deconstruction. Unfortunately I don't have English sources on this topic and my English is to bad to write it by myself I think that would be an important addition to this article. 2003:80:CA30:8D01:90E8:B781:3FB1:581D (talk) 20:01, 28 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Discussion

message: Actually, reverting to earlier version. Further contributors (esp. 68.49.243.231), please add to earlier work and/or justify and discuss your main edits. Performativity is a quite dense concept and has been used by many scholars -- not anyone's monopoly though. -- Typewritten 23:47, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with 84.174.41.129 on the need for a more comprehensibe article. References to Butler where there in the earlier version (to her book, not to a reader), now retrieved. More elements about Butler can be picked and pasted from: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Performativity&oldid=87353005 -- Typewritten 23:56, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reverting 

message: I added a section on Butler and pasted there all content from pre-revert version. Other sections should be added, especially on Performativity in semiotics and linguistics (this section to point to the performative utterance entry ), Performativity in science and technology studies, another on Derrida, another on Deleuze, etc. -- Typewritten 16:35, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Butler and others 

message: Hello all.
This page doesn't look very active, but maybe it has some careful editors floating around?
If so, please let me know what the chances of collaborating on an entry on the term 'Citation' might be, used in the rhetorical sense that Butler does.
The disambiguation for Citation carries no valence in this sense.
I don't have any copies of her works anymore (long story) but I remember it featuring prominently, particularly Bodies that Matter rather than GTrouble. 
I'm coming from a theatre / performance studies background, so the use is always a little fraught (given the senses JB uses the term).
I'm trying to flesh out sections on Brechtian Gestus (which is a semiotic form of mimesis, if that isn't a contradiction in terms; a citational practice might be better).
Deleuze (in his second book on Cinema) writes about this too, as have feminist performance theorists.
I need someone better versed in Rhetoric than me to help.
Let me know - click here to leave a message on my talk page.
DionysosProteus 01:11, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Citation (rhetoric)]]? 

message: The link to Kessler goes to a disambiguation page that doesn't contain an article regarding the Kessler in question.  Either someone should write a stub, or the link should be removed, as it serves no purpose.72.78.20.31 (talk) 12:22, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kessler link 

message: I would like to advise that Jean-François Lyotard also has a connection with "Performativity" (Dahlberg & Moss, Ethics and Politics in Early Childhood Education, RoutledgeFalmer, 2005, p.6). Perhaps he could be a source to clarify some of the confusion. Anita-o-Anita (talk) 07:55, 16 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jean-François Lyotard