Political Science Communism & Socialism
Jenny, Eleanor, and Laura, et al.
This is Not a Book about Marx
- Publisher
- Between the Lines
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2025
- Category
- Communism & Socialism, 20th Century, Feminism & Feminist Theory, Women, Germany
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781771136716
- Publish Date
- Mar 2025
- List Price
- $14.95
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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.