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A review by roweky
Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation by Sophie Lewis
4.0
"Violent and scary movie-making is, more often than not, a popular vehicle for mass anti-family desire ... The monster is coming from inside the house."
Once more, radical Feminist literature is bringing me so much joy, and Sophie Lewis does such an amazing job at opening up this realm of ideology. The family is an ideological construct which, until now, I'd never questioned all too much in its ties to capitalism, colonialism, and queerness.
The book charts an effective history, spanning from Plato to the current moment, showing that family abolitionism has existed for a long time and isn't nearly as scary as everyone might think. Lewis effectively argues how and why the family structure is upholding capitalist and colonial structures, and does so in a readable way!
While she's not the first, Lewis revitalises the family abolition movement for the current moment, and stresses how (now more than ever) we need to move past the family. I'm convinced of many of her arguments, but, as she describes, it's difficult to change my views as my subjectivity has been so fundamentally formed through the familial structure.
Overall, I really enjoyed this, and it has opened up so many avenues to care politics that I can't wait to explore. Definitely give it a read!
Once more, radical Feminist literature is bringing me so much joy, and Sophie Lewis does such an amazing job at opening up this realm of ideology. The family is an ideological construct which, until now, I'd never questioned all too much in its ties to capitalism, colonialism, and queerness.
The book charts an effective history, spanning from Plato to the current moment, showing that family abolitionism has existed for a long time and isn't nearly as scary as everyone might think. Lewis effectively argues how and why the family structure is upholding capitalist and colonial structures, and does so in a readable way!
While she's not the first, Lewis revitalises the family abolition movement for the current moment, and stresses how (now more than ever) we need to move past the family. I'm convinced of many of her arguments, but, as she describes, it's difficult to change my views as my subjectivity has been so fundamentally formed through the familial structure.
Overall, I really enjoyed this, and it has opened up so many avenues to care politics that I can't wait to explore. Definitely give it a read!