Caliban and the Witch
Women, The Body, and Primitive Accumulation
Cultural studies
Social theory
Women's studies
Women's Studies - History
Women - Modern History
Social Science
Sociology
Modern - 16th Century
Social History
Women's Studies - General
Capitalism
Economic conditions
Europe
History
Social conditions
Women
Paperback Edition
288 pages
Published in 2004
by Autonomedia
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.
"It is both a passionate work of memory recovered and a hammer of humanity's agenda." Peter Linebaugh, author of The London Hanged"
