Claudia Von Werlhof
Claudia von Werlhof is Professor Emerita at the University of Innsbruck, in the Department of Political Science and Sociology. Her work focuses on the "modern world system," seen from the South, the neoliberal globalization of "capitalist patriarchy," alternatives to patriarchal societies inspired by matriarchal and Indigenous societies/civilizations, as well as on the elaboration of the "Critical Theory of Patriarchy" as a new paradigm. Her books in English include Women: The Last Colony;...See more
Claudia von Werlhof is Professor Emerita at the University of Innsbruck, in the Department of Political Science and Sociology. Her work focuses on the "modern world system," seen from the South, the neoliberal globalization of "capitalist patriarchy," alternatives to patriarchal societies inspired by matriarchal and Indigenous societies/civilizations, as well as on the elaboration of the "Critical Theory of Patriarchy" as a new paradigm. Her books in English include Women: The Last Colony; There is an Alternative ; and The Failure of Modern Civilization and the Struggle for a "Deep" Alternative . See less
