Marxism and the Oppression of Women - Towards a Unifying Theory

With this pioneering work of Marxist-feminism, Lise Vogel re-evaluates classical Marxist texts by tracing the "woman-issue" analyzes produced within socialist theory from Marx to the Russian Revolution. Drawing on this assessment and the development of central concepts in Marx's Capital, Vogel paves the way for an original theory of gender and the social production and reproduction of material life. In search of a unifying socialist feminism, she examines in depth the theoretical gaps in Capital, the places where the text is necessarily too silent, dragging Capital's conceptual innovations towards logical conclusions that its author and generations of readers had missed.

Each book has its own, interesting life story. While some rise to the heights of success on a wave of social acclaim, others quickly sink into obscurity. Then there are books that exist largely underground and survive through the efforts of small, devoted groups of readers who spread the word in defiance of great silence. The story of this book can be given as an example of the last one. Vogel's work, which was first published in 1983, focuses on the socialist feminist movement, intellectual and political life, which was dizzy under the sledgehammer blows of neo-liberalism in the political field and post-modernism in the intellectual field, and lost its direction with the retreat of the working class, socialist movement and women's movement. It emerged at a time when he was stuck in a hopeless existence in its remotest reaches.

The outlines of the thesis set forth in Marxism and the Oppression of Women provide indispensable resources for the meticulous development of historical-materialist theorizations of capitalism and women's oppression. By posing the issue of women's oppression within the categorical framework of Capital and going beyond following fashion, Vogel paved the way for a new direction for socialist-feminist research.
-Susan Ferguson - David McNally-
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 288

Year of Print: 2015


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Nota Bene Publications

Number of Pages: 288

First Print Year: 2015

Language: Turkish