A.K. 47 - Selections from the Works of Alexandra Kollontai

5 - A.K. 47 - Sexual Relations and the Class Struggle

Kristen R. Ghodsee Season 1 Episode 4

In this episode, Kristen R. Ghodsee reads selections from Alexandra Kollontai's 1921 essay, "Sexual Relations and the Class Struggle." Here, Kollontai describes the loneliness people feel when they think of sexual and romantic partners as forms of property to be owned and jealously protected.

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