Marxism & Intersectionality

What does the development of a truly robust contemporary theory of domination require? Ashley J. Bohrer argues that it is only by considering all of the dimensions of race, gender, sexuality, and class within the structures of capitalism and imperialism that we can understand power relations as we find them nowadays. Bohrer explains how many of the purported incompatibilities between Marxism and intersectionality arise more from miscommunication rather than a fundamental conceptual antagonism. As the first monograph entirely devoted to this issue, »Marxism and Intersectionality« serves as a tool to activists and academics working against multiple systems of domination, exploitation, and oppression.

About the author

Ashley J. Bohrer (PhD) is an academic, activist, and public intellectual. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame and previously held a postdoctoral position at Hamilton College. Her research in the fields of philosophy, critical race studies, decolonial theory, intersectional feminism, and Marxism explores the intersections of capitalism, colonialism, racism and hetero/sexism. As an activist, she is affiliated with various feminist, anti-racist and anti-capitalist grassroots collectives.

Summary

What does the development of a truly robust contemporary theory of domination require? Ashley J. Bohrer argues that it is only by considering all of the dimensions of race, gender, sexuality, and class within the structures of capitalism and imperialism that we can understand power relations as we find them nowadays. Bohrer explains how many of the purported incompatibilities between Marxism and intersectionality arise more from miscommunication rather than a fundamental conceptual antagonism. As the first monograph entirely devoted to this issue, »Marxism and Intersectionality« serves as a tool to activists and academics working against multiple systems of domination, exploitation, and oppression.

Report

»Ein ambitioniertes Werk und eine sehr empfehlenswerte
Lektüre.«

Politikum, 3 (2021) 20210811

Product details

• Authors: Ashley J Bohrer, Ashley J. Bohrer
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2019
• EAN: 9783837641608
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-4160-8
• Series: Edition Moderne Postmoderne; Edition Moderne Postmoderne; Philosophy; Philosophy (COL)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Kommunismus, Politikwissenschaft, Schicht (soziologisch), Marxismus, Marxismus und Kommunismus, Soziale und politische Philosophie, Moderne Philosophie: nach 1800, Soziale Schichten, Politik / Politikwissenschaft, Politologie, Philosophie / Gesellschaft, Politik, Staat, Philosophie / 21. Jahrhundert, Feminist Theory; Critical Race Theory; Anti-Capitalism; Politics; Social Inequality; Gender; Political Philosophy; Political Theory; Gender Studies; Philosophy