On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 11:01 AM, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > " Admittedly this is all self-indulgent speculation on my part. But > I would be very interested in leaning about what Marxism has to say about > the future of the nuclear family or more generally families and kinship > groups in a socialist society." > > Marxismis not a TOE. Moreover, this kind of interest in the daily life and > detailed social relations of a socialist society smacks of authoritarianism.
When Marxists offer commentary about, say the environment, or farming or medicine under capitalism, they are implicitly stating a vision for these issues under a future socialism. That does not necessarily imply a blueprint or formula, much less an authoritarian desire to impose some such formula. It was in that sense that I asked what I think is a perfectly reasonable question. Let me try again and rephrase: what is the historical relationship between the small nuclear family as a cultural norm and the development of industrial capitalism, and how have various workers movements in the past grappled with the development of new family structures? I'd appreciate thoughtful responses, but please no sermons. -raghu.
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