Precisely because a living being may die, it is necessary to care for that being so that it may live. Only under conditions in which the loss would matter does the value of the life appear. Thus, grievability is a presupposition for the life that matters.

~ Judith Butler

Judith Butler Grief Grievability Precarious Life War

I argue that even as the war is framed in certain ways to control and heighten affect in relation to the differential grievability of lives, so war has come to frame ways of thinking multiculturalism and debates on sexual freedom, issues largely considered separate from foreign affairs.

~ Judith Butler

Judith Butler Grievability Nonviolence Precarious Precarious Life Precariousness Violence War