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

By Silvia Federici

Book information

Publisher
Autonomedia
Year
2014
ISBN
9781570270598
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
32 MB (33105416 bytes)
Pages
\292
Time added
2024-03-29 13:41:44

Description

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.

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