Caliban and the witch /
Silvia Federici.

Description

Main Author

Federici, Silvia.

Language(s)

English

Published

New York : Autonomedia ; 2004.

Subjects

Women > Women / Social conditions.
Women > Women / Economic conditions.
Witch hunting.
Capitalism.
Witch hunting > Witch hunting / History.
Capitalism > Capitalism / Europe > Capitalism / Europe / History.
Women > Women / Europe > Women / Europe / Economic conditions.
Women > Women / Europe > Women / Europe / Social conditions.
Europe.
History.

Summary

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.

Note

Subtitle on cover: Women, the body and primitive accumulation.

Physical Description

285 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

ISBN

9781570270598
1570270597

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