Raya Dunayevskaya
Raya Dunayevskaya | |
|---|---|
| Born | Raya Shpigel May 1, 1910 |
| Died | June 9, 1987 (aged 77) |
| Other names | Freddie Forest; Rae Spiegel |
| Movement | Johnson–Forest Tendency |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Western Marxism, Marxist humanism, Hegelian Marxism, Marxist feminism |
| Main interests | Social theory, social revolution, social movements, dialectical philosophy, Marxist praxis, women's liberation |
| Notable ideas | State capitalism, movement from practice that is itself a form of theory, absolute negativity as new beginning |
Raya Dunayevskaya (born Raya Shpigel, Рая Шпигель; May 1, 1910 – June 9, 1987), later Rae Spiegel, also known by the pseudonym Freddie Forest, was the American founder of the philosophy of Marxist humanism in the United States. At one time Leon Trotsky's secretary, she later split with him and ultimately founded the organization News and Letters Committees and was its leader until her death.