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In Caliban and the Witch, Silvia Federici examines the historical thread linking the emancipation from serfdom to the subversive heresies that marked the rise of capitalism. She argues that the formation of the modern state, the expropriation of common lands, and the conquest of the Americas were made possible through extreme violence and the suppression of communal experiments. Federici focuses on the witch hunts as a key episode of oppression, revealing how they served to control the bodies, knowledge, and reproductive labor of women. The work foregrounds the voices of the marginalized—‘Caliban and the witch’—and shows how their struggles continue to resonate against the enduring violence embedded in capitalist societies.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Silvia Federici
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