Talk:Paul Cockshott

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Anti-feminist/transphobic works?

Should his works such as Genders or sex stereotypes : Part 1 be referenced in his published works or political views section? He has been fairly vocal on his stances on feminism and queer politics in recent years and it would seem to be relevant.

I ask as it's not published in a book or article but on wordpress. EnbyEditor (talk) 16:11, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good question. Cockshott has indeed been quite vocal on this issue, but are there any WP:RS that talk about it? None of his blog posts are listed under "Published works", and self-published blogs are typically not considered RS. KetchupSalt (talk) 16:39, 24 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

While I can find multiple sources on his stances on trans people, I don't think any of them would be considered reliable.

If self published works cannot be under published works then perhaps it's best to leave this out until a reputable sourcr covers the issue EnbyEditor (talk) 01:07, 25 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Well, self-published works aren't banned per se. But also if you were inclined to present Cockshott's views as "anti-feminist", then I think you'd need RS to that effect. Paul's views are not anti-feminist I think, just in favor of a particular brand of feminism, as far as I can tell. Hence the importance of RS.

As to the question of Dr. Cockshott's self-published works, that's a good question. Perhaps we should have a separate topic for that? KetchupSalt (talk) 23:43, 26 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can you list me an example of feminism that's compatible of transphobia? While feminists don't agreew ith each other on everything, and there are many contradictory types of feminism, they do all agree that you can't be transphobic and a feminist. Of course you can pretend to get around that by claiming you're not transphobic, but that won't matter to feminists. EnbyEditor (talk) 05:31, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The obvious example would be trans-exclusionary radical feminism, which seems like a form of feminism to me - it's in the name and it's part of the feminism topic. But, Cockshott is not a TERF since he's not a radical feminist, nor arguably a feminist - he's a Marxist. While most Marxists are against bourgeois feminism (see for example Alexandra Kollontai), I know of no RS that calls Marxism anti-feminist per se, nor Cockshott for that matter.

I'm not opposed to mentioning Cockshott's views on trans people (modulo them being self-published), nor calling them transphobic, but we still need RS to that effect. KetchupSalt (talk) 05:46, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Newer works

need to add ECONOMIC PLANNING IN AN AGE OF CLIMATE CRISIS Hardcover – October 25, 2022 by W. P. Cockshott (Author), J. P. Dapprich (Author), A. Cottrell (Author)

to works list 2603:8080:F700:14C7:350E:FCA6:D34F:33C3 (talk) 21:46, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done. KetchupSalt (talk) 05:52, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]