This year I reread Alexandra Kollontaiâs writings after a long time. In the 1970s and the 80s when a wave of Marxist feminism was gathering strength, some works of Kollontai, such as, the Autobiography of a Sexually Emancipated communist Woman, Love of the Worker Bees and Red Love, gained attention. I am not sure to what extent they were closely studied, but feminist activist authors like Sheila Rowbotham gave her some prominence in discussing the impact of patriarchy on capital and class.
This year I reread Alexandra Kollontai’s writings after a long time. In the 1970s and the 80s when a wave of Marxist feminism was gathering strength, some works of Kollontai, such as, the Autobiography of a Sexually Emancipated communist Woman, Love of the Worker Bees and Red Love, gained attention. I am not sure to what extent they were closely studied, but feminist activist authors like Sheila Rowbotham gave her some prominence in discussing the impact of patriarchy on capital and class. As well, Cathy Porter wrote a full-size biography and Alix Holt published a collection of Kollontai...
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