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Caliban and the Witch : Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation by Silvia Federici (2004, Trade Paperback)

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

Intended Audience
Trade
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Table of Content
Preface IntroductionAll the World Needs a Jolt:Social Movements and Political Crisis in Medieval EuropeThe Accumulation of Labor and the Degradation of Women:Constructing "Difference" in the "Transition to Capitalism"The Great Caliban:The Struggle Against the Rebel BodyThe Great Witch-Hunt in EuropeColonization and Christianization:Caliban and Witches in the New WorldIndex
Copyright Date
2004
Dewey Decimal
305.4094
Dewey Edition
22

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