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Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation

Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation

by Silvia Federici
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Literary Nonfiction. 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 battle 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. "It is both a passionate work of memory recovered and a hammer of humanity's agenda." Peter Linebaugh, author of The London Hanged"

Book Details

ISBN13 9781570270598
ISBN10 1570270597
Series/Work OL5450225W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher Autonomedia
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At January 30, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

Subjects

305.4094 Capitalism Capitalism--europe--history Capitalism--history Common goods Commons Economic conditions Economy Europa Feminism Feminsin Feudalism Frau Heresies History Social conditions Social economy Sociology Soziale Situation Whitchcraft

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