Witches, Witch-Hunting, And Women

Paperback, 120 Pages: We are witnessing a global resurgence of interpersonal and institutional violence against women—a new wave of witch hunts emerging alongside the expansion of capitalist social relations. Revisiting key themes from Caliban and the Witch, Silvia Federici explores the roots of this violence and its consequences for women and their communities. She argues that, like the witch hunts of early modern Europe and the Americas, today’s violence is a structural feature of capitalist accumulation, tied to land dispossession, enclosure, and the reshaping of reproductive labor and identity. This book is not only a powerful investigation into the causes of contemporary gendered violence, but also a feminist call to arms. Federici highlights the ways women are resisting and reminds us that reclaiming historical memory is essential to present-day struggles for liberation.