Book contents
- The Marx Revival
- The Marx Revival
- Copyright page
- Contents
- About the Editor
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Note on the Text
- 1 Capitalism
- 2 Communism
- 3 Democracy
- 4 Proletariat
- 5 Class Struggle
- 6 Political Organization
- 7 Revolution
- 8 Work
- 9 Capital and Temporality
- 10 Ecology
- 11 Gender Equality
- 12 Nationalism and Ethnicity
- 13 Migration
- 14 Colonialism
- 15 State
- 16 Globalization
- 17 War and International Relations
- 18 Religion
- 19 Education
- 20 Art
- 21 Technology and Science
- 22 Marxisms
- Index
- References
11 - Gender Equality
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 May 2020
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Book contents
- The Marx Revival
- The Marx Revival
- Copyright page
- Contents
- About the Editor
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Note on the Text
- 1 Capitalism
- 2 Communism
- 3 Democracy
- 4 Proletariat
- 5 Class Struggle
- 6 Political Organization
- 7 Revolution
- 8 Work
- 9 Capital and Temporality
- 10 Ecology
- 11 Gender Equality
- 12 Nationalism and Ethnicity
- 13 Migration
- 14 Colonialism
- 15 State
- 16 Globalization
- 17 War and International Relations
- 18 Religion
- 19 Education
- 20 Art
- 21 Technology and Science
- 22 Marxisms
- Index
- References
Summary
The complex relationship between gender and class is one that will need to be addressed in order to improve the situation of women everywhere. After efforts in the 1970s and 1980s to adapt and integrate Karl Marx’s economics and methodology into feminist theorizing, feminist critics of Marx seem to have won the debate arguing that Marx has little to nothing to offer. A number of these studies have correctly evaluated many of the limitations of socialist feminism and its attempts to synthesize Marxism and feminism. This is especially true in regards to critiques of essentialism, ethnocentrism, and earlier Marxist feminism’s largely uncritical acceptance of economic determinism.
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- The Marx RevivalKey Concepts and New Critical Interpretations, pp. 197 - 211Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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