Intersectionalism, the highest stage of western stalinism?
This article argues that ‘intersectionality’ is at the end of the day derived from the People’s Front policy of the 1930s Comintern, as modified by late 1960s–1970s ‘soft Maoism’, and then adopted in the late 1970s–1980s by the political representatives of US capital as an ideological colouration fo...
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| description | This article argues that ‘intersectionality’ is at the end of the day derived from the People’s Front policy of the 1930s Comintern, as modified by late 1960s–1970s ‘soft Maoism’, and then adopted in the late 1970s–1980s by the political representatives of US capital as an ideological colouration for the growth of economic inequality under financialisation. In the result, the project is self-defeating, giving way to ‘white identity politics’ and similar formations. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:4e207cae-a7bb-4327-a0b9-2e0ba8332b952022-03-26T15:59:27ZIntersectionalism, the highest stage of western stalinism?Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:4e207cae-a7bb-4327-a0b9-2e0ba8332b95EnglishSymplectic ElementsInforma UK Limited2018Macnair, MThis article argues that ‘intersectionality’ is at the end of the day derived from the People’s Front policy of the 1930s Comintern, as modified by late 1960s–1970s ‘soft Maoism’, and then adopted in the late 1970s–1980s by the political representatives of US capital as an ideological colouration for the growth of economic inequality under financialisation. In the result, the project is self-defeating, giving way to ‘white identity politics’ and similar formations. |
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