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Video: Nancy Fraser — Marx and Feminism

"I think the days of pitting feminism against socialism or Marxism are over," says Nancy Fraser in a new short video.

Verso Books30 April 2018

Video: Nancy Fraser — Marx and Feminism

"I think the days of pitting feminism against socialism or Marxism are over," says Nancy Fraser in a new short video produced by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung.

Noted scholar Nancy Fraser joined us for a wide-ranging interview covering Marx' and Engels' view of social reproduction, the tension between class, gender, and race, and the need for a "Feminism for the 99%"

Watch the full video below. 

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  • Redistribution or Recognition?

    Redistribution or Recognition?

    “Recognition” has become a veritable keyword of our time, but its relation to “redistribution” remains undertheorized. This volume remedies the lacuna by staging a sustained debate between two phil...
    Paperback
  • Adding Insult to Injury

    Adding Insult to Injury

    The collapse of communism, the rise of identity politics, and struggles over global governance have combined to create new challenges for the Left: How to do justice to legitimate claims for multic...
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  • Women's Oppression Today
    Women’s Oppression Today is a classic text in the debate about Marxism and feminism, exploring how gender, sexuality and the “family-household system” operate in relation to contemporary capitalism...
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  • Close to Home

    Close to Home

    Close to Home is the classic study of family, patriarchal ideologies, and the politics and strategy of women’s liberation. On the table in this forceful and provocative debate are questions of whet...
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