From: Paul Cockshott (wpc@DCS.GLA.AC.UK)
Date: Wed Sep 07 2005 - 09:04:54 EDT
Gerald_A_Levy@MSN.COM wrote: > "In a political move that still inflames feminists today, the revolutionary > socialists Karl Marx and Frederick Engels repudiated women's demands > for full economic equality." I was not aware of any such repudiation but perhaps Folbre has quoted sources in M&E to support the claim > > -- Drucilla K. Barker and Susan F. Feiner (2004) _Liberating > Economics: Feminist Perspectives on Families, Work, and > Globalization_ :Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, > p. 27. > > An endnote (p. 149) identifies the source of this claim as Nancy > Folbre's "Socialism: Feminist and Scientific". > > *Did M&E oppose demands for economic equality by and for women?* > > In solidarity, Jerry > > PS: I hope, at another time, to pursue other issues related to the > Barker-Feiner book -- which, on the whole, is a very good and > comprehensive treatment of the subject and literature. > > -- Paul Cockshott Dept Computing Science University of Glasgow 0141 330 3125
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