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Eros and Alienation
Capitalism and the Making of Gendered Sexualities
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'Takes social reproduction feminism and queer Marxism in exciting new directions' - Peter Drucker, author of Warped Our deeply human drive to shape the world around us and fulfil ourselves through labour is subverted by capitalist alienation, leaving us to find fulfilment elsewhere. As a result,...
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'Takes social reproduction feminism and queer Marxism in exciting new directions' - Peter Drucker, author of Warped
Our deeply human drive to shape the world around us and fulfil ourselves through labour is subverted by capitalist alienation, leaving us to find fulfilment elsewhere.
As a result, our erotic drives become the central focus for transformation and life-making but are themselves restricted and fuelled by whatever energy is left after completing the monetised or social reproductive work required to survive. This alienation encounters ongoing resistance, as life-making activity can never be fully separated from the person who labours.
Eros and Alienation delves into the underexplored relationship between alienated labour and sexuality. Alan Sears explores the ways this alienation frames the processes of gender and sexual formation, showing how the organisation of work contributes to the development of a dominant regime of gendered sexualities, defined by a binary gender mapping of desire as heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual.
Series: Mapping Social Reproduction Theory
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Eros and Alienation
'Takes social reproduction feminism and queer Marxism in exciting new directions' - Peter Drucker, author of Warped Our deeply human drive to shape the world around us and fulfil ourselves through labour is subverted by capitalist alienation, leaving us to find fulfilment elsewhere. As a result, our erotic drives become the central focus for transformation and life-making but are themselves...Paperback$4499Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks -
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Social Reproduction Theory
This groundbreaking collection explores the profound power of Social Reproduction Theory to deepen our understanding of everyday life under capitalism. While many Marxists tend to focus on the productive economy, this book focuses on issues such as child care, health care, education, family life, and the roles of gender, race, and sexuality, all of which are central to understanding the...Paperback$4799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
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ISBN: 9780745349435
Publisher: Pluto Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 20 January 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pluto Press
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 13.0mm
Width: 140.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 208
About the Author
Alan Sears is Professor of Sociology at Toronto Metropolitan University. He has been writing about queer Marxism for activist and scholarly audiences since the mid-1980s. He is an activist and author of several books including The Next New Left: A History of the Future. Alan resides in Toronto, Ontario.
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