5/10/2023 0 Comments Caliban and the witch federici![]() ![]() In the book's introduction, Federici states that "there has been the desire to rethink the development of capitalism from a feminist viewpoint, while at the same time, avoiding the limits of a "women's history" separated from that of the male part of the working class." Chapter 1: All the World Needs a Jolt This mis-shapen knave, His mother was a witch and one so strong That could control the moon, make flows and ebbs, And deal in her command without her power. ![]() The title of the book references Shakespeare's The Tempest: Caliban's mother was the witch Sycorax: Responding to both feminist and Marxist traditions, the book offers a critical alternative to Karl Marx's theory of primitive accumulation. ![]() Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation is a 2004 book by Italian-American intellectual Silvia Federici. ![]()
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