Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation
Caliban and the Witch is a history of the body in the transition to capitalism. Moving from the peasant revolts of the late Middle Ages to the witch hunts and the rise of mechanical philosophy, Federici investigates the capitalist rationalization of social reproduction. She shows how the struggle...
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Caliban and the Witch is a history of the body in the transition to capitalism. Moving from the peasant revolts of the late Middle Ages to the witch hunts and the rise of mechanical philosophy, Federici investigates the capitalist rationalization of social reproduction. She shows how the struggle against the rebel body and the conflict between body and mind are essential conditions for the development of labor power and self-ownership, two central principles of modern social organization.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781570270598 (1570270597)
Publish date: September 15th 2004
Publisher: Autonomedia
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Fantastic book! An impressive overview of the development of capitalism and the positions of the working classes and women within that development, with an extra eye for related processes in the colonial Americas. A large focus, naturally, is on the development, goals, and effects of the witch-hunts...
Anyone who knows me knows I have an interest in both magic and women’s rights, making me the ideal audience for this historical analysis of the effects of and motivations driving the witch-hunts. I was not disappointed. This book is beautifully illustrated and a well researched and referenced accoun...
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