{"product_id":"books-caliban-and-the-witch-by-silvia-federici","title":"Caliban and the Witch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A groundbreaking work \u003c\/b\u003e. . . \u003cb\u003eFederici has become a crucial figure\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003efor . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ea new generation of feminists'\u003c\/b\u003e Rachel Kushner, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mars Room\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eA cult classic since its publication in the early years of this century, \u003ci\u003eCaliban and the Witch\u003c\/i\u003e is Silvia Federici's history of the body in the transition to capitalism. Moving from the peasant revolts of the late Middle Ages through the European witch-hunts, the rise of scientific rationalism and the colonisation of the Americas, it gives a panoramic account of the often horrific violence with which the unruly human material of pre-capitalist societies was transformed into a set of predictable and controllable mechanisms. It Is a study of indigenous traditions crushed, of the enclosure of women's reproductive powers within the nuclear family, and of how our modern world was forged in blood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Rewarding . . . allows us to better understand the intimate relationship between modern patriarchy, the rise of the nation state and the transition from feudalism to capitalism' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54415951560977,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780241532539.jpg?v=1787562037","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-caliban-and-the-witch-by-silvia-federici","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}