From a Marxist Feminist Point of View

Nancy Holmstrom, Ph.D 1970, University of Michigan, Professor of Philosophy Emerita, Rutgers University-Newark. A lifelong activist, she has published numerous articles on core political-philosophical topics, edited The Socialist-Feminist Project (MR2002) and co-authored Capitalism For and Against: A Feminist Debate (Cambridge 2011).

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1 Modes of Production2 Rationality3 Freedom4 Human Nature/Women’s NaturePart 1 Modes of Production1 Developing Marx’s Mode of Production Theory2 Varieties of Marxist/Socialist Feminist Theory and Practice1 Varieties of Socialist Feminism: One System or Two2 What Is a ‘System?’3 Intersectionality4 A Framework Model—One Non-reductive System3 Sex, Work and Capitalism1 Introduction2 What Is Sex Work?3 Political/Economic Context4 Empowerment vs. Power, Agency and Freedom5 A ‘Work Ethic instead of a Sex Ethic?’6 Is Sex Special?7 What Is To Be Done?4 Women’s Work, the Family and Capitalism5 Democratic Socialism for a Finite World1 ‘Democracy’2 ‘Socialism’3 Democracy as the END of Socialism4 Democracy as the MEANS to Socialism5 Why Democratic Socialism Is ECOSOCIALIST6 Why Democratic Socialism Is FEMINISTPart 2 Rationality6 Rationality and Revolution7 For a Sustainable Future: The Centrality of Public Goods1 Rethinking Property and Rationality: From the Individual to the Collective2 Property3 Rationality4 From Common Sense to Common Practice: Struggles around Public GoodsPart 3 Freedom8 Free Will and a Marxist Concept of Natural Wants9 Against Capitalism from a Feminist Point of View1 Basic Definitions: ‘Capitalism’ and ‘Women’s Interests’2 Gender interests: Strategic and Practical3 Capitalism in Theory: Ideals and Limits4 Capitalism in RealityPart 4 Human Nature/Women’s Nature10 A Marxist Theory of Women’s Nature11 Humankind(s)12 Alienation, Freedom and Human NatureBibliographyIndex