{"title":"Alexandra Kollontai","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlexandra Kollontai’s works delve into the intersections of gender, society, and politics, offering incisive analyses of the challenges faced by women in the social order. Her writings provide a compelling exploration of feminist thought within the broader context of political change and social justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in the dynamics of power, gender relations, and revolutionary ideas will find Kollontai’s books both thought-provoking and enlightening. Her perspectives remain influential in discussions on feminism and political theory.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-social-basis-of-the-female-question-by-alexandra-kollontai-9798888903780","title":"The Social Basis of the Female Question","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first full-length English translation of the 1909 book from the revolutionary Russian Marxist feminist Alexandra Kollontai on the state of the contemporary bourgeois women's movement and the role of working-class women in the struggle for women's equality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this classic text from 1909, Alexandra Kollontai, a leading early figure in the Marxist feminist movement, discusses the history and socioeconomic roots of the struggle for women's equality. Examining the movement for women's equality in late 19th century Russia, she discusses how upper-class liberal feminists ignored or patronised working-class women. The interests of upper-class women and their focus on suffrage and philanthropy meant that their organisations and movements could not be reliable allies to women of the working class.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMany of the issues that Kollontai touches on in \u003cem\u003eThe Social Basis of the Female Question\u003c\/em\u003e remain alive today, as the struggle for gender equality is dominated by liberal bourgeois groups while revolutionary leftists attempt to address intersecting systems of oppression without being co-opted by neoliberal feminism. Kollontai's argument that the feminist movement needs to be part of broader working class struggles for liberation is as important and powerful today as it was in the early twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47428326785260,"sku":"9798888903780","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9798888903780.jpg?v=1774477649"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/alexandra-kollontai.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}