Caliban and the Witch / Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation
Type
Book
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Category
Publication Year
2004
Publisher
Subject
capitalism;rebel body;late middle ages;social organization
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." (from back cover)
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1
