From a Marxist Feminist Point of View : : Essays on Freedom, Rationality and Human Nature.

• Superior document: Historical Materialism Book Series ; v.315
• Author: Holmstrom, Nancy.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2024.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Historical Materialism Book Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 pages)

Centred on the idea of a mode of production, the core idea of Marxist theory, this book demonstrates the distinctive contribution that a Marxist and feminist lens can give to the topics of freedom, rationality and human nature.

Table of Contents

Front Cover -- ‎Half-Title Page -- ‎Series Title Page -- ‎Title Page -- ‎Copyright Page -- ‎Contents -- ‎Acknowledgements -- ‎Introduction -- ‎1. Modes of Production -- ‎2. Rationality -- ‎3. Freedom -- ‎4. Human Nature/Women's Nature -- ‎Part 1. Modes of Production -- ‎Chapter 1. Developing Marx's Mode of Production Theory -- ‎Chapter 2. Marxist/Socialist Feminist Theory and Practice in the USA Today -- ‎1. Varieties of Socialist Feminism: One System or Two -- ‎2. What Is a 'System?' -- ‎3. Intersectionality -- ‎4. A Framework Model-One Non-reductive System -- ‎Chapter 3. Sex, Work and Capitalism -- ‎1. Introduction -- ‎2. What Is Sex Work? -- ‎3. Political/Economic Context -- ‎4. Empowerment vs. Power, Agency and Freedom -- ‎5. A 'Work Ethic instead of a Sex Ethic?' -- ‎6. Is Sex Special? -- ‎7. What Is To Be Done? -- ‎Chapter 4. 'Women's Work', the Family and Capitalism -- ‎Chapter 5. Democratic Socialism for a Finite World -- ‎1. 'Democracy' -- ‎2. 'Socialism' -- ‎3. Democracy as the END of Socialism -- ‎4. Democracy as the MEANS to Socialism -- ‎5. Why Democratic Socialism Is ECOSOCIALIST -- ‎6. Why Democratic Socialism Is FEMINIST -- ‎Part 2. Rationality -- ‎Chapter 6. Rationality and Revolution -- ‎Chapter 7. For a Sustainable Future: The Centrality of Public Goods -- ‎1. Rethinking Property and Rationality: From the Individual to the Collective -- ‎2. Property -- ‎3. Rationality -- ‎4. From Common Sense to Common Practice: Struggles around Public Goods -- ‎Part 3. Freedom -- ‎Chapter 8. Free Will and a Marxist Concept of Natural Wants -- ‎Chapter 9. Against Capitalism as Theory and Reality -- ‎1. Basic Definitions: 'Capitalism' and 'Women's Interests' -- ‎2. Gender Interests: Strategic and Practical -- ‎3. Capitalism in Theory: Ideals and Limits -- ‎3.1. On Property, Ownership, and Freedom -- ‎3.2. Political Freedom and Democracy.

‎3.3. Freedom, Private Property and Self-Ownership -- ‎3.4. Self-Ownership-History and Import of the Concept -- ‎3.5. Self-Ownership-the Contemporary Debates -- ‎3.6. Freedom/Unfreedom in the Abstract -- ‎3.7. Internal Obstacles -- ‎3.8. Tests of the Analysis -- ‎3.9. A More Ideal Capitalism? -- ‎3.10. In Theory -- ‎3.11. In History -- ‎3.12. How Ideal? The Inevitability and Importance of Extreme Inequalities -- ‎3.13. The Most Basic Inequality -- ‎3.14. Summing Up Capitalism in Theory -- ‎4. Capitalism in Reality -- ‎4.1. Compared to Pre-capitalist Societies -- ‎4.2. Capitalism as Tendentially Better for Women -- ‎4.3. With Respect to Practical Gender Interests -- ‎4.4. Compared to So-called Socialist Societies -- ‎4.5. Gains and Losses: Sweatshops and Worse -- ‎4.6. Competitive Market Constraints -- ‎4.7. Changed Gender Roles in Context -- ‎4.8. The Global Picture -- ‎4.9. Human Interests Are Women's Interests -- ‎4.10. Constrains on Rationality -- ‎4.11. Conclusion: What Is the Alternative? And What Should Feminists Do Now? -- ‎Part 4. Human Nature/Women's Nature -- ‎Chapter 10. A Marxist Theory of Women's Nature -- ‎Chapter 11. Humankind(s) -- ‎Chapter 12. Alienation, Freedom and Human Nature -- ‎Bibliography -- ‎Index -- Back Cover.