The Feminist Subversion of the Economy: Contributions for a Dignified Life Against Capital

The Feminist Subversion of the Economy connects patriarchy, capitalism, and ecological crisis and rallies women, the LGBTQ+ community, and movements worldwide to center gender and social reproduction in a vision for a just ecology and economy.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 17 November 2022
Publisher: Common Notions

The response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the pressures on global capitalist economies have once again prioritized markets over life. This is further compounded by the climate crisis, which has led to the privatization, invisibility, and feminization of sustaining life. We must delve into the question of what a dignified life looks like, particularly one that challenges the gendered labor divisions and racialized, exploitative feminized care economy that disproportionately falls on the shoulders of women, from household responsibilities to the broader impacts of capitalism on social reproduction.

At the same time, these questions are intricately linked to considerations of our environment. The Feminist Subversion of the Economy establishes the connection between patriarchy, capitalism, and ecological crisis and mobilizes women, the LGBTQ+ community, and movements worldwide to center gender and social reproduction in a vision for a just ecology and economy.

Public intellectual, academic, and activist Amaia Pérez Orozco presents a vision that goes beyond the myths of development (unlimited growth), wealth (accumulation of capital), and work (limited to wage labor). She also accounts for the tasks, networks, and economic subjects that ensure life continues to thrive on a material and daily basis.

Newly translated and updated in collaboration with Liz Mason-Desse, who has won a PEN translation award for her work on feminist economics, The Feminist Subversion of the Economy highlights the urgent need to engage in radical and democratic discussions about what we mean by a dignified life and how we can organize collectively to sustain life.

Weight: 400g
Dimension: 153 x 227 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781942173199