# Precarious Life

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- Book: [Precarious Life](https://www.bookquiver.com/michele-barrett/precarious-life) ([Precarious Life.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/michele-barrett/precarious-life.md))
- Authors: [Michèle Barrett](https://www.bookquiver.com/michele-barrett)
- Publisher: verso
- ISBN: 978-18-0429-984-5
- Pages: 192
- Published: 2027-07-06
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In this profound appraisal of post-September 11, 2001 America, Judith Butler considers the conditions of heightened vulnerability and aggression that followed from the attack on the US, and US retaliation....