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From a Marxist Feminist Point of View
Essays on Freedom, Rationality and Human Nature
Series: - Historical Materialism Book Series, Volume: 315
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This book shows the fruitfulness of approaching key philosophical and political questions from a Marxist-feminist point of view. The idea is that different modes of production like capitalism and feudalism have structures -- 'relations of production' -- which shape and limit the potentials for human emancipation in general and womenâs freedom in particular. Capitalism is then understood as a framework within which other relations of oppression operate, with more or less salience in different times and places. Each of the essays takes this basic approach to key philosophical questions about freedom, rationality and human nature.
Nancy Holmstrom, Ph.D 1970, University of Michigan, Professor of Philosophy Emerita, Rutgers University-Newark. A lifelong activist, she has published numerous articles on core political-philosophical topics, edited The Socialist-Feminist Project (MR2002) and co-authored Capitalism For and Against: A Feminist Debate (Cambridge 2011).
Acknowledgements
Introduction
â1âModes of Production
â2âRationality
â3âFreedom
â4âHuman Nature/Womenâs Nature
1 Developing Marxâs Mode of Production Theory
2 Varieties of Marxist/Socialist Feminist Theory and Practice
â1âVarieties of Socialist Feminism: One System or Two
â2âWhat Is a âSystem?â
â3âIntersectionality
â4âA Framework ModelâOne Non-reductive System
3 Sex, Work and Capitalism
â1âIntroduction
â2âWhat Is Sex Work?
â3âPolitical/Economic Context
â4âEmpowerment vs. Power, Agency and Freedom
â5âA âWork Ethic instead of a Sex Ethic?â
â6âIs Sex Special?
â7âWhat Is To Be Done?
4 Womenâs Work, the Family and Capitalism
5 Democratic Socialism for a Finite World
â1ââDemocracyâ
â2ââSocialismâ
â3âDemocracy as the END of Socialism
â4âDemocracy as the MEANS to Socialism
â5âWhy Democratic Socialism Is ECOSOCIALIST
â6âWhy Democratic Socialism Is FEMINIST
6 Rationality and Revolution
7 For a Sustainable Future: The Centrality of Public Goods
â1âRethinking Property and Rationality: From the Individual to the Collective
â2âProperty
â3âRationality
â4âFrom Common Sense to Common Practice: Struggles around Public Goods
8 Free Will and a Marxist Concept of Natural Wants
9 Against Capitalism from a Feminist Point of View
â1âBasic Definitions: âCapitalismâ and âWomenâs Interestsâ
â2âGender interests: Strategic and Practical
â3âCapitalism in Theory: Ideals and Limits
â4âCapitalism in Reality
10 A Marxist Theory of Womenâs Nature
11 Humankind(s)
12 Alienation, Freedom and Human Nature
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
â1âModes of Production
â2âRationality
â3âFreedom
â4âHuman Nature/Womenâs Nature
Part 1 Modes of Production
1 Developing Marxâs Mode of Production Theory
2 Varieties of Marxist/Socialist Feminist Theory and Practice
â1âVarieties of Socialist Feminism: One System or Two
â2âWhat Is a âSystem?â
â3âIntersectionality
â4âA Framework ModelâOne Non-reductive System
3 Sex, Work and Capitalism
â1âIntroduction
â2âWhat Is Sex Work?
â3âPolitical/Economic Context
â4âEmpowerment vs. Power, Agency and Freedom
â5âA âWork Ethic instead of a Sex Ethic?â
â6âIs Sex Special?
â7âWhat Is To Be Done?
4 Womenâs Work, the Family and Capitalism
5 Democratic Socialism for a Finite World
â1ââDemocracyâ
â2ââSocialismâ
â3âDemocracy as the END of Socialism
â4âDemocracy as the MEANS to Socialism
â5âWhy Democratic Socialism Is ECOSOCIALIST
â6âWhy Democratic Socialism Is FEMINIST
Part 2 Rationality
6 Rationality and Revolution
7 For a Sustainable Future: The Centrality of Public Goods
â1âRethinking Property and Rationality: From the Individual to the Collective
â2âProperty
â3âRationality
â4âFrom Common Sense to Common Practice: Struggles around Public Goods
Part 3 Freedom
8 Free Will and a Marxist Concept of Natural Wants
9 Against Capitalism from a Feminist Point of View
â1âBasic Definitions: âCapitalismâ and âWomenâs Interestsâ
â2âGender interests: Strategic and Practical
â3âCapitalism in Theory: Ideals and Limits
â4âCapitalism in Reality
Part 4 Human Nature/Womenâs Nature
10 A Marxist Theory of Womenâs Nature
11 Humankind(s)
12 Alienation, Freedom and Human Nature
Bibliography
Index
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