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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.

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Mentioned in 6 episodes

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Rachel Donald
when referencing the author's views on women in peasant society.
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Resilience is Resistance | Max Wilbert
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Anne Larouche
pour son analyse du passage entre le féodalisme et le capitalisme.
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Le capitalisme libère-t-il les girlboss? avec Silvia Federici | Pages de garces ep. 01
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Zachary Marlow
when discussing primitive accumulation and the witch hunts.
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (w/ Zachary Marlow)
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Simon James Copland
as a great book that talks about the witch trials in connection to the end of feudalism.
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Simon James Copland, "The Male Complaint: The Manosphere and Misogyny Online" (Polity, 2025)
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Imogen Tyler
as Federici's critique of Marx that foregrounds unpaid reproductive labour and colonialism.
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The demise of Grand Theory?
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Rachel Donald
as a hugely important text in the feminist canon, especially the eco-feminist canon.
Why Earth Needs a Feminist Movement | Silvia Federici
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Anna Mouglalis
suite à une recommandation de Paul B. Preciado.
#144 Anna Mouglalis, actrice : « J’ai grandi en ayant intériorisé une misogynie redoutable »
Mentioned by Sarah Barfraz in the context of a feminist class she took at college, discussing the book's exclusion of trans women.
Interview with Sarah
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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Rachel James
to her father as a feminist critique of capitalism's foundations and mass violence against women.
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