On Motley feminism: A Decolonising Marxism for a thesis 14 of Marxism-feminism

Ana Cecilia  Dinerstein

doi:10.1177/03098168241234112

On Motley feminism: A Decolonising Marxism for a thesis 14 of Marxism-feminism

Ana Cecilia Dinerstein

Department of Social & Policy Sciences

Decolonising Knowledge in Teaching, Research & Practice (DECkNO)

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Abstract

The article enhances Frigga Haug’s theses on Marxism-feminism by discussing a silence in the theses regarding the internal colonialism of the feminist movement that continue creating racialised hierarchies among White feminist and indigenous people and women of colour and their struggles. The author contends that Marxism-Feminism is failing to find new ways to understand diversity due to the influence of traditional Eurocentric Marxism. To tackle the problem, Marxism-feminism requires a decolonising Marxism that draws on ‘late Marx’ and recent Marxist and feminist theoretical developments aiming to criticise and de-Westernise and de-Eurocentralise Marxism. The author explores four elements for a ‘decolonising’ Marxism (value theory, subsumption and social formation, linear development of radical change and temporality of struggles) and discusses its implications on Marxism-feminism towards a possible thesis 14 on Marxism-feminism.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	253-271
Number of pages	19
Journal	Capital and Class
Volume	48
Issue number	2
Early online date	12 Mar 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/03098168241234112
Publication status	Published - 30 Jun 2024
Event	Fourth International Marxist Feminist Conference on 11-13 November 2021, Bilbao. : Plenary Four ‘Challenges and Analysis of Contemporary Feminism II - Bilbao, Spain Duration: 11 Nov 2021 → 13 Nov 2021

Bibliographical note

Ana Cecilia Dinerstein (PhD) is Professor of Political Sociology and Critical Theory, University of Bath, UK. Her research creates synergies between open Marxism, decolonial and feminist theory, contemporary prefigurative struggles and Ernst Bloch's philosophy of hope. She is a member of the core group of the Global Tapestry of Alternatives, founder of the Decolonising Knowledge Research Centre (Bath). Her publications include The Politics of Autonomy in Latin America: The Art of Organising Hope (2015); Women Theorising without Parachutes (ed. 2016); Against a closing world (co-ed.); A World Beyond Work? Labour, Money and the Capitalist State Between Crisis and Utopia, Emerald (co-authored). Website: https://www.anaceciliadinerstein.com.

Keywords

Ernst Bloch
Marxism-feminism
internal colonialism
social formation
temporality
value

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Economics and Econometrics
History
Sociology and Political Science

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