Bio: (1948-) American political scientist. Zila Eisenstein teaches at Ithaca College in New York. She is a member of the current of socialist feminism. Eisenstein believes that it is unnecessary to study capitalism and patriarchy separately because these two orders together form a single system, which she called "capitalist patriarchy". In order to end such an oppressive system, two simultaneous revolutions are necessary - socialist and feminist. She studied the relations between socialists and feminists within trade unions. She examined the rise of neoliberalism and imperial and militaristic globalization and how such globalization affects the decline of liberal democracy in the world, as well as the creation of new gender and class formations around the planet. She also studied the position of workers in Cuba, India, China, and Indonesia. She also deals with the social aspects of medical problems: the increase in breast cancer and AIDS, as well as the position of health workers. The subject of her study is also the way in which patriarchy shapes the racial structure and new forms of nationalism. Her goal is to build a coalition of women around the world, regardless of their differences.

Main works

Capitalist Patriarchy and the Case for Socialist Feminism (1978);

The Radical Future of Liberal Feminism (1986);

Hatreds, Racialised and Sexualised Conflicts in the 21st Century (1996);

Global Obscenities: Patriarchy, Capitalism and the Lure of Cyberfantasy (1996);

Manmade Breast Cancers (2001);

Against Empire: Feminism, Racism and the West (2004);

Sexual Decoys, Gender, Race and War in Imperial Democracy (2007);

The Audacity of Races and Genders: A Personal and Global Story of the Obama Campaign (2009);

Feminism and War: Confronting US Imperialism (2013);

Abolitionist Socialist Feminism: Radicalizing the Next Revolution (2019).