Christine Delphy

In Separate and Dominate, Christine Delphy presents a nuanced materialist approach to sexism and racism. Rather than accepting an essentialist us/them or us/other dichotomy which, she argues, starts from a position of always already giving a group a dominant position she demonstrates that this way of looking at any form of -ism is common to them all and reenforces the hierarchical structure one is trying to correct.

While classism and heterosexism are also discussed, the focus is on feminism show more (her long time area of expertise) and racism. These arguments are accessible and presented in an invigorating manner. Thought-provoking and persuasive to say the least.

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