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Caliban and the Witch
Book • 2004
Silvia Federici's "Caliban and the Witch" examines the historical connections between the witch hunts of early modern Europe and the rise of capitalism.
Federici argues that the persecution of women as witches was not merely a matter of superstition but a crucial element in the process of primitive accumulation.
The book explores how the control of women's bodies and labor was essential to the establishment of capitalist relations of production.
Federici connects the witch hunts to the enclosure of the commons, the commodification of labor, and the subjugation of women under patriarchal structures.
The book challenges traditional historical narratives and offers a powerful feminist critique of capitalism's origins and ongoing impact.
Federici argues that the persecution of women as witches was not merely a matter of superstition but a crucial element in the process of primitive accumulation.
The book explores how the control of women's bodies and labor was essential to the establishment of capitalist relations of production.
Federici connects the witch hunts to the enclosure of the commons, the commodification of labor, and the subjugation of women under patriarchal structures.
The book challenges traditional historical narratives and offers a powerful feminist critique of capitalism's origins and ongoing impact.
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when referencing the author's views on women in peasant society.


Rachel Donald

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Resilience is Resistance | Max Wilbert
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pour son analyse du passage entre le féodalisme et le capitalisme.

Anne Larouche

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Le capitalisme libère-t-il les girlboss? avec Silvia Federici | Pages de garces ep. 01
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when discussing primitive accumulation and the witch hunts.

Zachary Marlow

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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (w/ Zachary Marlow)
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as a great book that talks about the witch trials in connection to the end of feudalism.

Simon James Copland

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Simon James Copland, "The Male Complaint: The Manosphere and Misogyny Online" (Polity, 2025)
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as Federici's critique of Marx that foregrounds unpaid reproductive labour and colonialism.

Imogen Tyler

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The demise of Grand Theory?
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as a hugely important text in the feminist canon, especially the eco-feminist canon.


Rachel Donald

Why Earth Needs a Feminist Movement | Silvia Federici
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suite à une recommandation de Paul B. Preciado.

Anna Mouglalis

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Mentioned by Sarah Barfraz in the context of a feminist class she took at college, discussing the book's exclusion of trans women.
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Mentioned by Josh in relation to the long, cold 17th century and gendered primitive accumulation in Western Europe.

Against Climate Doomism and the Bourgeois Character of American Environmentalism with Jason W. Moore
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to her father as a feminist critique of capitalism's foundations and mass violence against women.

Rachel James

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