Caliban and the Witch

Women, The Body, and Primitive Accumulation

Silvia Federici

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English

Autonomedia
19 November 2004

Society & Social Sciences; Cultural studies; Gender studies: women; Social theory

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 struggle against the rebel body and the conflict between body and mind are essential conditions for the development of labour power and owership, two central principles of modern social organization.

By: Silvia Federici
Imprint: Autonomedia
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 151mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 382g
ISBN: 9781570270598
ISBN 10: 1570270597
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 19 November 2004
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Introduction All the World Needs a Jolt: Social Movements and Political Crisis in Medieval Europe The Accumulation of Labor and the Degradation of Women: Constructing “Difference” in the “Transition to Capitalism” The Great Caliban: The Struggle Against the Rebel Body The Great Witch-Hunt in Europe Colonization and Christianization: Caliban and Witches in the New World Index

Silvia Federici is Associate Professor of Philosophy and International Studies at Hofstra University. She is the author of Enduring Western Civilization: The Construction of the Concept of Western Civilization and Its Others and African Visions: Literary Images, Political Change, and Social Struggle in Contemporary Africa (with Cheryl B. Mwaria and Joseph McLaren).