Caliban and the Witch

Caliban and the Witch
ISBN-10
1570270597
ISBN-13
9781570270598
Category
Social Science
Pages
285
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
Autonomedia
Author
Silvia Federici

Description

Literary Nonfiction. 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"

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