Cosmopod

The Family is Dead, Long Live the Family

Jan 29, 2021
Exploring family abolition and its historical context through the works of Karl Marx and Alexandra Kollontai. Discussing the erosion of traditional family structures, the exclusion of black women from the American ideal of womanhood, and the white supremacist regulation of black reproduction. Examining the destruction of native families in the US and advocating for a transformation of the family structure to promote solidarity and kinship.
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 4min
2
Bourgeois Culture and Its Historical Contingency
04:05 • 7min
3
Communism and the Family: Redefining Kinship under Capitalism
11:02 • 20min
4
Black Women's Exclusion from the American Ideal of Womanhood and the Destruction of Black Kinship
30:34 • 3min
5
Birth Control, Eugenics, and White Supremacist Regulation of Black Reproduction
33:51 • 3min
6
The Destruction of Native Families: From Boarding Schools to Family Separation
36:27 • 3min
7
Transforming the Family: Colonization, Capitalism, and Communism
39:11 • 14min