Feminist Approaches to Communism/Socialism/Anarchism
Full Tuition: $200 — Scholarship Options in Drop-Down Menu
[Please note that for the Anti-Capitalism Summer School courses, we can only offer ONE full-scholarship per person who needs one. If you would like to take more than one course at the full scholarship level, please sign up for only one, and email us to be added to the scholarship waitlist for other courses: nightschoolbar@gmail.com]
Instructor: Andrews | 3 Meetings | Sunday July 16, Tuesday July 18, Thursday July 20 | 4:30-6:30 PM ET ONLINE
Many of us increasingly feel as though our lives are overtaken by the demands of consumerism, the expectations of emotional labor, and endless housework. Why are we so compelled to spend money and take on debt, while simultaneously doing so much unpaid labor? And why is that burden placed most strongly on feminized and marginalized groups? In fact, the origins of capitalism depended on the invention of waged labor, and the simultaneous devaluation and feminization of care work and domestic labor, which are often unwaged. Critiquing and opposing capitalism, then, is fundamentally a feminist issue! As it turns out, numerous feminist scholars have not only done that, but also worked to imagine feminist futures to build a collective world for us all. Their approaches vary widely: some take inequity as the fundamental problem of capitalism and privilege access to labor as its solution, while others take lack of freedom and democracy as central issues and privilege access to social meaning as a solution. Some are grounded in preserving the best of the past, and others in imagining as-yet unthought futures. In this three-session theory seminar, we will learn about and discuss theoretical concepts that inform our capacities to critique capitalism, and look at foundational and contemporary feminist thinkers interested in imagining forms of communal life. Authors read will include: Marx & Engels, Rosa Luxemburg, Alexandra Kollontai, Angela Davis, Lucy Parsons, Emma Goldman, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, and Silvia Federici. You do not need to have taken Anti-Capitalist Studies 101 to take this class, although a familiarity with Marxist concepts and anti-capitalist analysis will be helpful.
Classes are recorded to allow for students to participate asynchronously. If you want to take a class but cannot make the class time, sign up for the asynchronous audit option to follow along on your own. Recordings are password protected and will only be available for the duration of the class and two weeks after it ends.
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