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

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

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

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

by Silvia Federici
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Book Overview

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
ISBN9781570270598
Author Silvia Federici
PublisherAutonomedia
GenreEducation
FormatPaperback
PublishedSeptember 2004
LanguageENG- English
Pages285
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Silvia Federici

Silvia Federici is a feminist writer, teacher, and militant. In 1972 she was co-founder of the International Feminist Collective that launched the campaign for Wages for Housework internationally. Her previous books include Caliban and the Witch and Revolution at Point Zero. She is a professor emerita at Hofstra University, where she was a social science professor.

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