The Anti-Social Family

Sensitive but uncompromising socialist-feminist critique of the nuclear family

Although family values are frequently lamented for being in decline, our society continues to be structured around the nuclear family, with welfare services and trade unions alike taking it as a natural point of reference. The Anti-Social Family dissects the network of household, kinship and sexual relations that is the dominant family form in advanced capitalist societies. They explore the personal and social needs that it ideally meets but more often denies, finally proposing some elements of a moral and political practice directed beyond the family toward more egalitarian caring alternatives.

Series Overview: Radical Thinkers brings together seminal works by leading left-wing intellectuals, in a beautifully-designed package. This set is devoted to feminist classics from leading feminist theorists.