Federici, Silvia
Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation (Penguin Modern Classics)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780241532539
- author:
- Federici, Silvia
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- Penguin Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2021
- Pages:
- 400
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.2 centimeters (0
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Feminism & Feminist Theory,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Silvia Federici's Caliban and the Witch Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation is a groundbreaking history of the body in the transition to capitalism. The book explores the violent transformation of pre-capitalist societies, from peasant revolts to the European witch-hunts, and how the unruly human material was transformed into controllable mechanisms. Federici examines the impact of capitalism on indigenous traditions, the enclosure of women's reproductive powers, and the forging of the modern world. This study offers a nuanced understanding of the intimate relationship between modern patriarchy, the rise of the nation state, and the transition from feudalism to capitalism. Rewarding and thought-provoking, Caliban and the Witch provides a panoramic account of the often-horrific violence that shaped our modern world.
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