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Caliban and the Witch
Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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From the peasant revolts to the Great European Witch Hunt—the crushing of occult traditions and women's reproductive freedom in the transition to capitalism.
A cult classic since its publication in the early years of this century, Caliban and the Witch is Silvia Federici's history of the body in the transition to capitalism. Moving from the peasant revolts of the late Middle Ages through the European witch-hunts, the rise of scientific rationalism, and the colonisation of the Americas, it gives a panoramic account of the often horrific violence with which the unruly human material of pre-capitalist societies was transformed into a set of predictable and controllable mechanisms.
It is a study of indigenous traditions crushed, of the enclosure of women's reproductive powers within the nuclear family, and of how our modern world was forged in blood.
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici has been praised for offering a rewarding insight into the connections between modern patriarchy, the rise of nation states, and the transition from feudalism to capitalism. It is considered a groundbreaking work, making Federici an influential figure for young Marxists, political theorists, and a new generation of feminists. The book is both a passionate act of recovered memory and a powerful statement on humanity's future.
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ISBN: 9780241532539
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 29 July 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 293g
Pages: 400
About the Author
Silvia Federici is a feminist writer, teacher, and militant. In 1972, she was cofounder of the International Feminist Collective, which launche dthe Wages for Housework campaign. In the 1990s, after a period of teaching and research in Nigeria, she was active in the anti-globalization movement and the U.S. anti-death penalty movement. She is one of the cofounders of the Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa. From 1987 to 2005, she taught international studies, women's studies, and political philosophy courses at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY. Her most recent books are Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women and Re-enchanting the World (both 2018).
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