Fortunes of Feminism: From State-Managed Capitalism to Neoliberal Crisis

Nancy Fraser`s powerful new book documents the `movements of feminism` and the shifts in the feminist imaginary since the 1970s.Fraser follows the history of feminism from the ferment of the New Left, during which `Second Wave` feminism emerged as a struggle for women`s liberation alongside other social movements, to its emersion in identity politics following the decline of its initial utopian energies. Alongside this detailed history, Fraser recognizes the need for a reinvigorated feminist radicalism to respond to the crisis in neoliberalism. She argues for a feminism that could join other egalitarian movements in struggles aimed at subjecting capitalism to democratic control, while retrieving the core utopian insights of feminism`s earlier phases.