Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation
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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 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
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Silvia Federici is an Italian-American Marxist feminist activist, writer, and academic. She is known for her work on feminist theory, particularly her analysis of the role of women in capitalist society and the history of witchcraft. She is a professor emerita at Hofstra University and has been actively involved in various social movements, including the Wages for Housework campaign and the anti-globalization movement.
