Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women

By: Silvia Federici

Narrated by: J. Lee Craig

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 Federici examines the root causes of these developments and outlines the consequences for the women affected and their communities. She argues that, no less than the witch hunts in 16th- and 17th-century Europe and the “New World", this new war on women is a structural element of the new forms of capitalist accumulation. These processes are founded on the destruction of people’s most basic means of reproduction. Like at the dawn of capitalism, what we discover behind today’s violence against women are processes of enclosure, land dispossession, and the remolding of women’s reproductive activities and subjectivity.

As well as an investigation into the causes of this new violence, the book is also a feminist call to arms. Federici’s work provides new ways of understanding the methods in which women are resisting victimization and offers a powerful reminder that reconstructing the memory of the past is crucial for the struggles of the present.

©2018 Silvia Federici (P)2021 Post Hypnotic Press Inc.

Exposing the elephant in the room.

A great introduction to the world of women with socioeconomic historical receipts that will help you put down the kool aid. Federici's work deserves a room in your brain free rent.
Best yet, its short and to the point.

Excellent

Timely analysis which provides context for past history and points to the dire consequences for women in our modern times.

This should of been though in school

I love the link between women witch-hunt and economic / social impact it has had on women.

This book made me feel deeply emotional & in a way it had empowered me

Excellent quick overview

I enjoyed every moment of this book. Some essays are repetitive, but it’s a great overview!

Wow

Very eye-opening. It’s simultaneously shocking and sadly not altogether surprising that these issues aren’t getting more attention, but I’m thankful for Federici’s really insightful work to cover them and put them in meaningful historical and socio-economic perspective.