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Political Science Communism & Socialism

Jenny, Eleanor, and Laura, et al.

This is Not a Book about Marx

by (author) Valérie Lefebvre-Faucher

translated by Mélissa Bull

Publisher
Between the Lines
Initial publish date
Mar 2025
Category
Communism & Socialism, 20th Century, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Women, Germany
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781771136716
    Publish Date
    Mar 2025
    List Price
    $14.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781771136723
    Publish Date
    Mar 2025
    List Price
    $12.99

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Description

This is not a book about Karl Marx. Rather, it is an investigation of the women in his life. Valérie Lefebvre-Faucher follows a labyrinth of historical letters, traces the branches on an intellectual family tree, and untangles a web of correspondence, to reveal forgotten connections and to map out the negative spaces in the literature. What emerges is not the familiar portrait of Karl alone in his frame, but a group photo of the whole Marx gang. Upturning the picture we have of the early days of modern communism, Jenny, Eleanor, and Laura, et al. calls on us to acknowledge that humans think and create together, not alone.

About the authors

Valérie Lefebvre-Faucher is editor-in-chief of Liberté: Art and Politics magazine. She has worked as an editor at both Remue-ménage and Écosociété, with a focus on environmental, anti-capitalist, and feminist work. In addition to having collaborated with numerous collectives, blogs, and magazines, she co-edited the book Faire Partie du Monde and published Procès Verbal. She lives in Montréal, Québec.

 

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