SOC365H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Marxist Feminism, Classless Society, Consanguinity
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Origins of marxist feminist theory & contemporary marxist feminism (global. Classless society do away with society. Argues material base of any given society is what produces the society"s superstructure. Material base : mode of production in any given society, corresponding relations of production. Mode of production: the what of production, means of existence (stages of labor) Dominant system by which the means of existence are produced and reproduced. Relations of production: the who of production who fills the positions in the mode of production, social organization of labor. In an agricultural economy can have different strata. Each social organization of labor corresponds to the particular means of existence of the time. Engels says need to think about the means of reproduction (stage of family) who is responsible for producing and reproducing humans: 4 family forms, each means of reproduction is an aspect of mode of production. If you change anything in this equation everything will change.