Witches, witch-hunting, and women /
"We are witnessing a new surge of interpersonal and institutional violence against women, including new witch hunts. This surge of violence has occurred alongside an expansion of capitalist social relations. In this new work that revisits some of the main themes of Caliban and the Witch, Silvia...
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| Author / Creator: | Federici, Silvia, author. |
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| Imprint: | Oakland, CA : PM Press, [2018] |
| Description: | 106 pages ; 21 cm |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Women -- Social conditions -- History. Witch hunting -- History. Capitalism -- Social conditions. Witch hunting. Women -- Social conditions. History. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11933006 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part 1. Revisiting Capital Accumulation and the European Witch Hunt
- 1. Midsommervisen "Vi elsker vort land"
- 2. Why Speak of the Witch Hunts Again?
- 3. Witch Hunts, Enclosures, and the Demise of Communal Property Relations
- 4. Witch-Hunting and the Fear of the Power of Women
- 5. On the Meaning of 'Gossip'
- Part 2. New Forms of Capital Accumulation and Witch-Hunting in Our Time
- 6. Globalization, Capital Accumulation, and Violence against Women: An International and Historical Perspective
- 7. Witch-Hunting, Globalization, and Feminist Solidarity in Africa Today
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
