Caliban and the Witch
Subtitle: Women, The Body, and Primitive Accumulation
Publisher: Autonomedia; [Pluto, distributor]
Published: October 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781570270598
Subjects: 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
Description: 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.