Johanna Isaacson
Johanna Isaacson
Abolish the Family!
Is the family the heart or part of a heartless world?
a review of
Abolish the Family! by Sophie Lewis. Verso, 2022
Family Abolition: Capitalism and the Communizing of Care by M.E. O’Brien. Pluto Press, 2023
As we all navigate the perilous shoals of capitalist austerity and precarity, many turn to the family as the last reserve of collectivity, care, and survival. For a lucky few, this is enough, but this notion of the “last reserve” is a deep structural problem that leaves too many people vulnerable to abandonment or abuse.
Dec 12, 2023 Read the whole text...