Review article
https://doi.org/10.52685/pihfb.49.2(98).4
From the Emancipation of Women to the Emancipation of All: Notes on Marxism and Feminism in Yugoslavia
Nika Šintić
orcid.org/0009-0004-1096-2737
Abstract
The article explores the intersection of Marxism and feminism in the philosophy of Blaženka Despot (1930 – 2001). Starting with a brief journey through the intellectual history of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the paper moves on to a consideration of feminism in Yugoslavia, which is positioned differently towards the state than is the case with its Western counterpart. Therefore, the woman question, whilst being open to other theoretical currents, always represents some kind of ‘dissident alliance’ with the government. That being said, Marxism and feminism differ considerably in their subject matter: Marxism treats class struggle as the bedrock of social inequality in all its forms, while feminism focuses on the question of sex. However, these two seemingly irreconcilable streams of emancipation merge once more in the Marxist feminist theory of Blaženka Despot. The final part of this article examines the convergence of class conflict and female emancipation, which, for Despot, is rooted in Hegel’s philosophy of freedom.
Keywords
Marxism; feminism; universal; particular; labour; theory of reflection; Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel; Blaženka Despot
Hrčak ID:
311321
URI
Publication date:
14.12.2023.
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