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Power, Philosophy and Egalitarianism: Women, the Family and African Americans book cover

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Power, Philosophy and Egalitarianism Women, the Family and African Americans

By Robert C. Smith Copyright 2021
166 Pages
by Routledge

166 Pages
by Routledge

166 Pages
by Routledge
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In this book, Robert C. Smith presents a philosophical and empirical examination on the subordination of women and blacks in the United States. Comparing liberalism—specifically the major social contract philosophies—and Marxism on the nature of the subordination of blacks and women and their proposals, if any, for women’s and black liberation, Smith argues that sexual and racial... Read more

1. Introduction

2. Politics and Power

3. Liberalism, Marxism and the Family

4. Liberalism, Marxism and the State

5. The Changing Bases of Sexual Politics, 1960 -2020

6. Wives and Husbands

7. The Bourgeoisie and the Blacks

8. Conclusion

Biography

Robert C. Smith is Professor of Political Science Emeritus at San Francisco State University. He is the author of multiple articles and books including the Encyclopedia of African American Politics. His most recent books are American Politics and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom, 8th edition (co-authored with Hanes Walton and Sherri L. Wallace), Conservatism and Racism, and Why in America They Are the Same, and John F. Kennedy, Barack Obama, and the Politics of Ethnic Incorporation and Avoidance.

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