The article doesn’t show evidence of capturing a single elite chair till now. Judith Butler’s ideas were popular with a lot of academic professors and other people who had power because of the institutional authority that they hold.
I think traditional sources of authority are becoming less important. The media is an obvious example—its influence has been diluted by podcasts and Substack. I think this applies to academia as well. For example, I think that Twitter has something of a leveling effect as it is now much easier to get a platform based on saying interesting things, rather than more traditional credentials.
The article doesn’t show evidence of capturing a single elite chair till now. Judith Butler’s ideas were popular with a lot of academic professors and other people who had power because of the institutional authority that they hold.
I think traditional sources of authority are becoming less important. The media is an obvious example—its influence has been diluted by podcasts and Substack. I think this applies to academia as well. For example, I think that Twitter has something of a leveling effect as it is now much easier to get a platform based on saying interesting things, rather than more traditional credentials.