Marx imagined a totally asexual worker

Originally published: Marx200 on January 15, 2019 by Marx200 Writers (more by Marx200)  | (Posted Jan 19, 2019)

Silvia Federici is one of the most important feminist thinkers of our time–anyone looking for profound analyses of the role of housework, violence against women, or the importance of control over the body in capitalism inevitably encounters her writings.

In this interview with marx200.org, she discusses how helpful it was for her to have already read Marx in her youth–and what insights a feminist perspective on Marx can offer.​

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