Marx on gender and the family [electronic resource] : a critical study / by Heather A. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Heather A.

Series:

Historical Materialism Book Series 39.

Historical materialism book series, 1570-1522 ; v. 39

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Marxist.

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883--Views on sex role.

Marx, Karl.

Marx, Karl, 1818-1883--Views on families.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This, the first book-length study devoted exclusively to Marx’s perspectives on gender and the family, offers a fresh look at this topic in light of twenty-first century concerns. Although Marx’s writings sometimes exhibit sexism, especially through the naturalization of certain female social functions, his work often transcends these. Brown studies those writings on gender, as well as his 1879-1882 notebooks on precapitalist societies and gender, some of them still unpublished in any language. The author argues that although Marx never fully developed these ideas, he gave important indications toward a theory of gender and society. This study attempts to fill a significant gap in the literature on Marx and offer some general insights into the intersectionality of gender and class.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

1 I ntroduction

2 The Early Writings on Gender and the Family

3 Political Economy, Gender, and the ‘Transformation’ of the Family

4 Marx’s Journalism and Political Activities

Patriarchy, Women’s Oppression and Resistance: Comparing Marx and Engels on Gender and the Family in Precapitalist Societies

6 The Family, the State and Property-Rights: The Dialectics of Gender and the Family in Precapitalist Societies

7 Conclusion

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-55105-5

9786613863508

90-04-23048-3

OCLC:

808366399

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004230484 DOI