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Having shacked up in the 1980s, Marxism and feminism are never going to get away from each other.1 While this relationship was a worldwide ‘item’ for a time, the fact that it has cooled does not mean that it is over. Like mud, history sticks, and this couple will always have a history. The more interesting question, of course, is what kind of future they will have. The perhaps (un)surprising answer is that they will each turn into someone else — as we all do anyway.
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Carver, T. (2009). Marxism and Feminism: Living with Your ‘Ex’. In: Chitty, A., McIvor, M. (eds) Karl Marx and Contemporary Philosophy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230242227_16
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