{"product_id":"caliban-and-the-witch-women-the-body-and-primitive-accumulation-9780241532539","title":"Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Women, the body and primitive accumulation\"--Cover.\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the peasant revolts to the Great European Witch Hunt: the crushing of occult traditions and women's reproductive freedom in the transition to capitalism  A cult classic since its publication in the early years of this century, Caliban and the Witch is Silvia Federici's history of the body in the transition to capitalism. Moving from the peasant revolts of the late Middle Ages through the European witch-hunts, the rise of scientific rationalism and the colonisation of the Americas, it gives a panoramic account of the often horrific violence with which the unruly human material of pre-capitalist societies was transformed into a set of predictable and controllable mechanisms. It is a study of indigenous traditions crushed, of the enclosure of women's reproductive powers within the nuclear family, and of how our modern world was forged in blood.\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9780241532539\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 02 Nov 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 19.8(H)x12.8(L)x2.3(W)300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 300\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eSilvia Federici is a feminist writer, teacher, and militant. In 1972, she was cofounder of the International Feminist Collective, which launche dthe Wages for Housework campaign. In the 1990s, after a period of teaching and research in Nigeria, she was active in the anti-globalization movement and the U.S. anti-death penalty movement. She is one of the cofounders of the Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa. From 1987 to 2005, she taught international studies, women's studies, and political philosophy courses at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY. Her most recent books are Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women and Re-enchanting the World (both 2018).\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cb\u003eRewarding \u003c\/b\u003e. . . allows us to better understand the intimate relationship between \u003cb\u003emodern patriarchy\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ethe rise of the nation state\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ethe transition from feudalism to capitalism\u003c\/b\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking work \u003c\/b\u003e. . . \u003cb\u003eFederici has become a crucial figure\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003efor \u003c\/b\u003eyoung Marxists, political theorists, and \u003cb\u003ea new generation of feminists\u003c\/b\u003e . . . \u003cb\u003ea true radical\u003c\/b\u003e who has lived by her political commitments, not just to women but against all forms of exploitation -- Rachel Kushner, author of The Mars Room\u003cbr\u003eIt is \u003cb\u003eboth a passionate work of memory recovered\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eand a hammer of humanity's agenda\u003c\/b\u003e -- Peter Linebaugh, author of The London Hanged","brand":"Silvia Federici","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49180369354969,"sku":"9780241532539","price":32.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9780241532539.jpg?v=1788354505","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/caliban-and-the-witch-women-the-body-and-primitive-accumulation-9780241532539","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}