By Lise Vogel
Susan Ferguson, David McNally (Introduction)
Nearly thirty years after its preliminary e-book, Marxism and the Oppression of ladies is still a vital contribution to the improvement of an integrative concept of gender oppression less than capitalism. Lise Vogel revisits classical Marxian texts, monitoring analyses of “the lady question” in socialist idea and drawing on significant theoretical different types of Marx's Capital to open up an unique theorisation of gender and the social creation and copy of fabric existence. incorporated during this variation are Vogel's article, “Domestic hard work Revisited” (originally released in technological know-how & Society in 2000) which extends and clarifies her major theoretical recommendations, and a brand new creation by way of Susan Ferguson and David McNally situating Vogel's paintings within the trajectory of Marxist-feminist inspiration over the last 40 years.
Review:
“Every ebook has its curious life-history. whereas a few start to nice heights of good fortune on a wave of public acclaim, others fast plunge into obscurity. Then there are those who dwell a mostly underground lifestyles, stored alive in the course of the efforts of small bands of committed fans who unfold the note in defiance of a bigger silence. The latter is the tale of Lise Vogel’s Marxism and the Oppression of ladies: towards a Unitary Theory.”
—From the recent advent via Sue Ferguson and David McNally
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Seemingly independent of all earlier feminist efforts, including the liberal feminism of the early 1960s, the new movement initially adopted the form of small groups committed to consciousness-raising, local organising, and, at times, direct action. Unlike the more sober feminism of such organisations as NOW, women’s liberation succeeded in tapping and mobilising the dissatisfaction engendered by the many contradictions in all aspects of women’s lives. ‘Sisterhood is powerful’ argued the women’s liberation movement, as it rapidly spread throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and beyond.
Chapter Three also considers the inadequacy of the Marxist theoretical tradition on the so-called woman-question, and suggests that it is in fact very poorly understood. The Marxist theoretical legacy requires serious re-evaluation. Parts Two and Three therefore undertake a review of major texts of the tradition that pertain to the issue of women’s liberation. In Chapters Four, Five, and Six, the work of Marx and Engels is examined in chronological order, revealing its incomplete and contradictory nature as well as its substantial contribution.
28 This vision of a new and ‘higher’ form of relations between women and men, and adults and children is inspiring. But it is based on a faulty premise: that capitalist development inevitably spells the disintegration of the working-class family. In fact, Marx failed to register the overall significance of concerted legislative moves, particularly throughout the Victorian period in Britain, to reassert gender-differences and to reinforce the working-class family. Parliamentary commissions figured prominently, here, particularly the Report of the Children’s Employment Commission (in two parts) and the Coalmines Regulation Act (both of 1842).