What's Left in Feminism?
Saturday 8 May 2010
Maud Bracke, Catherine Eschle, Ailsa McKay and Marina Vishmidt respond to Nancy Fraser's Feminism, Capitalism and the Cunning of History.
Nancy Fraser situates the feminist movement within the larger political context of its historical moment. She explains how some feminist demands for equality have been largely accepted, but, considering the process of feminism’s evolution in the changing social context of neoliberalism, this acceptance has come at the cost of decoupling feminism's emancipatory edge. Finally, Fraser contemplates the possible reorientation of feminism in the present context of capitalist crises, which could start a shift to a new form of social organising...
A PDF of Fraser's assessment of the movement's trajectory and historical significance can be download here:
tinyurl.com/ybear9l
Part of RiB 3 (Radical Independent Bookfair)
3days 3stalls 3events
8th, 15th & 22nd May 2010
mini stalls 11am-7pm
www.ribproject.org
