Bebel: Re: Marx & Engels on Prostitution (was Re: Women & Industrialization)

[Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Luko Willms wrote:

>
>  >August Bebel is the author of the most famous book "Women and
> >socialism". It should be available in English, at least second hand or
> >in libraries. The US "Library of Contgress" lists a publication by AMS
> >Press, New York, 1976 (LC number 72009616) with the titel "Women >in
> >the past, present, and future". Schocken published in 1971 De Leon's
> >translation from the 33rd German edition (LC number 72162286) >under
> >the title "Women under Socialism".
>     >There are -- or were --, also translations to Turkish available
> >(Kadin ve sosyalizm), one at Inter Yayinlari (translated by Saliha
> >Nazli Kaya), the other one at a publishing house which I can't
> >identify at the moment (excuse me for the orthographic errors, but
> >there is no dotless i on my keyboard).

Lueko, thanks for the reference. I have _Kadin ve  Sosyalizm_ in my library 
back to
Turkey. I read the book at the age 15, although I don't recall the details at 
the
moment.


> >The book has first been
> >published in 1871 and is still available today; its German edition
> >must have had 100 or more printings. The German text of the 62th
> >edition is available on my website (http://www.mlwerke.de).

I will have a look at this to refresh my memory.

>
> MAD>                That Engels criticized Bebel was *not* because
> MAD> Engels was endorsing prostitution. Engels knew that the social
> MAD> democratic program of outlawing prostitution under capitalism
> MAD> without changing the material circumstances of women would not help,
>
>    >Actually Engels was _applauding_ August Bebel for his speech in the
> >parliament _against_ that law.
>

ops, I read as if you said Bebel was endorsing  the "outlawing of 
prostitution". I
though he was pro-law not anti.


>
>  >Engels did not endorse prostitution, he held that prostitution is
> >unavoidable in capitalist society.

Which is why he was critical of capitalism

warm regards

Xxxx

>
> Yours,
> Lueko Willms
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Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Department of Political Science
SUNY at Albany
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