Anarchy and the Sex Question : Essays on Women and Emancipation, 1896-1917 (Revolutionary Pocketbooks) - Softcover

Emma Goldman; Shawn P. Wilbur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1629631442 ISBN 13: 9781629631448

Publisher: PM Press, 2016

Synopsis

Draws together the most important of Emma Goldman's many writings on 'The Sex Question. 'The Sex Question' emerged for Goldman in multiple contexts, and we find her addressing it in writing on subjects as varied as women's suffrage, 'free love', birth control, the 'New Woman', homosexuality, marriage, love and literature. It was at once a political question, an economic question, a question of morality and a question of social relations. This unites her most important essays and archival material in an attempt to recreate Goldman's great work on sex and feminism.

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Review:

Emma Goldman left a profound legacy of wisdom, insight, and passionate commitment to life. Shawn Wilbur has carefully selected her best writings on that most profound, pleasurable, and challenging of topics: sex. This collection is a great service to anarchist, feminist, and queer communities around the world. --Jamie Heckert, coeditor of Anarchism & Sexuality: Ethics, Relationships and Power

Shawn Wilbur must be congratulated for producing this work. By collecting Emma Goldman s writings on the Sex Question women's rights and freedom in one book, he enables current activists to study and learn from one of the key figures of anarchism. The issues then are the same as now: Is women s equality within a class ridden society enough? Are women becoming bosses and politicians really the best we can aim for? Can sexual equality without social equality really result in true liberation? These were the issues Goldman was discussing and they are all too relevant today. Wilbur s anthology will undoubtedly become essential reading for a whole new generation of activists. --Iain McKay, author of An Anarchist FAQ

Shawn Wilbur has done a great job assembling and introducing Emma Goldman's writings on women, feminism, and sexuality. As he notes, Goldman's essays continue to provoke and inspire. The collection artfully documents the evolution of Goldman's views on freedom, sex, and human liberation. --Robert Graham, editor of Anarchism: A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas

About the Author:

Emma Goldman (1869 1940) emigrated from Russia to the United States in 1885, just as the international anarchist movement was forming, and soon became among the best-known figures associated with anarchism. The remainder of her life was speaking, writing, publishing, and agitating, despite legal harassment, imprisonment, and deportation. Many years after her death, Goldman s ideas remain important influences among both anarchists and feminists. Her works include Anarchism and Other Essays (1910), My Disillusionment in Russia (1923), and Living My Life (1931). Shawn P. Wilbur is a historian, translator, and curator of the Libertarian Labyrinth digital archive. His published translations include work by Charles Fourier (The World War of Small Pastries), Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, and Joseph Dejacque."

About this edition

• Publisher: PM Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1629631442
• ISBN 13: 9781629631448
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160