The feminist challenge to socialist history
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4348301 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sue Clegg (a Leeds Metropolitan University , United Kingdom, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 201-214 |
| Publication date | 1997-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women s History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-2025 • E-ISSN: 1747-583X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09612029700200146 |
| OpenAlex | W2004562515 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 19 |
This article argues that it is timely to revisit some of the debates between feminism and Marxism. While acknowledging the achievements of women's history, it is critical of attempts to ground feminist history in either patriarchy theory or post-structuralism. Developing from ideas about what constitutes a theory of history, it is argued that both patriarchy and post-structuralism cannot sustain a notion of historicity. The debate about protective legislation in nineteenth-century Britain is reviewed as an example of the divergence between Marxist and feminist interpretations. The article concludes with a defence of historical materialism as an explanatory framework in analysing women's oppression
Epistemology · Feminism · Feminist philosophy · Historical materialism · Marxist philosophy · Oppression · Patriarchy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Philosophy
People's history and socialist theory
Philosophy and the Idea of Freedom
Making of the English Working Class
Am I That Name? Feminism and the Category of ‘Women’ in History
Capital
"Am I That Name?" Feminism and the Category of 'Women' in History
Gender and the Politics of History
Factory Legislation and the Gendering of Jobs in the North of England, 1830–1860
Feminism and History
The Poverty of Theory and Other Essays
Weathering the Storm
Women's history
Gender as a postmodern category of paralysis
Weathering the Storm
Beyond the 'big three
Protective Legislation, the Capitalist State, and Working Class Men
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2018 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |