Resistance Literature: Caliban and the Witch

nest_clock_farsight_analog Sunday, October 18, 11:30 am

location_on 434 Columbia Street, Hudson, NY 12534

groups Time & Space Limited

Witch hunts as capitalist transition, destroying women's autonomy and the commons.
Caliban and the Witch is 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.
We will discuss the book, available for purchase or from your library.