Talia Mae Bettcher’s Beyond Personhood provides an entirely new philosophical approach to trans experience, trans oppression, gender dysphoria, and the relationship between gender and identity. Arguing that the tense relation between trans oppression and resistance is mediated through the complex social phenomenon of gender make-believe, Bettcher introduces the groundbreaking theory of interpersonal spatiality, which requires rejection of the philosophical concepts of person, self, and subject. Here, Bettcher is joined in conversation with Judith Butler.
Praise for the book: "It's a beautiful book. Challenging, crucial, indispensable to our times." —Judith Butler (in this episode)
"Profound and provocative . . . broadly relevant to many disciplines and social movements." —Susan Stryker, Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University