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Woman Questions: Essays for a Materialist Feminism

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For more than two decades Lise Vogel has been an important voice in feminist theory. Woman Questions brings Drawing upon the life stori essays on socialist feminism, Marxist theory, and the problem of equality. The collection provides not only a compendium of one influential thinker's work, but a thoughtful overview of the evolution of US socialist feminism. The essays are grouped in three sections covering the relationship between feminism and socialism, the significance of the Marxist theoretical tradition for women's liberation, and issues of difference, diversity, and equality. A lengthy autobiographical introduction offers readers access to Vogel's personal story--of civil rights work in Mississippi, the early women's liberation movement, a radical career switch, and growing up in a politically active family.

174 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

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Lise Vogel

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Lise Vogel is a feminist sociologist and art historian from the United States. An influential Marxist-feminist theoretician, she is recognised for being one of the main founders of the Social Reproduction Theory.

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July 16, 2025
Una bona recopilació de textos de Vogel. Alguns tenen més valor històric que teòric (tot i que tampoc han envellit malament) i il·lustren els debats feministes des dels 70s en endavant des del punt de vista d'una persona que va persistir en l'intent de donar solucions marxistes a la problemàtica de gènere sense caure en els típics dualismes. El text que he gaudit més és la ressenya crítica de "l'Origen.." d'Engels defensant l'ambigüitat en la tradició marxista clàssica i com el mateix Engels ja cau en la trampa dualista de dividir el món en una esfera productiva (capital) i una reproductiva (patriarcat). La mateixa tesi més ben desenvolupada apareix al seu llibre "El marxisme i l'opressió de les dones". I com a nota friqui, l'article on aborda el fals debat entre polítiques feministes pro-diferència vs pro-igualtat, mobilitza unes idees sobre allò igual i allò diferent que em ressonen a la manera com la dialèctica marxista ha intentat respondre al problema de la part i el tot (la unitat en la diferència aka la mereologia marxista).

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