Witch-Hunting, Past and Present, and the Fear of the Power of Women: 100 Notes, 100 Thoughts

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Published in conjunction with the Documenta 13 exhibition in Kassel, Germany, the Documenta notebook series "100 Notes,100 Thoughts" ranges from archival ephemera to conversations and commissioned essays. These notebooks express director Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev's curatorial vision for Documenta 13. Front Cover ......Page 1 Title Page ......Page 2 Copyright ......Page 3 Contents ......Page 4 Acknowledgments ......Page 6 Introduction ......Page 8 Revisiting Capital Accumulation and the European Witch Hunt ......Page 14 One: Midsommervisen “vi Elsker Vort Land”......Page 15 Two: Why Speak of the Witch Hunts Again?......Page 18 Three: Witch Hunts, Enclosures, and the Demise of Communal Property Relations......Page 22 Four: Witch-hunting and the Fear of the Power of Women......Page 31 Five: On the Meaning of ‘gossip’......Page 42 New Forms of Capital Accumulation and Witch-hunting in Our Time ......Page 52 Six: Globalization, Capital Accumulation, and Violence Against Women: an International and Historical Perspective......Page 53 Seven: Witch-hunting, Globalization, and Feminist Solidarity in Africa Today......Page 67 Conclusion ......Page 94 Bibliography ......Page 96 Index ......Page 105