Caliban and the Witch: An Interview with Silvia Federici
Rev Left Radio
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The Witch Hunts and the Development of Capitalism
Witch hunts were an important part of the processes that led to the development of capitalist society. Through the witch hunt a whole set of norms were established, you know, has to the condition of women in the developing capitalist society. This basically is might be tick of marks. Make me tick of marks is that you only see a part of this process and does not see that expelling people from the land and properizing them to the point that they have nothing to put themselves is not sufficient to create a type of worker. They're the developingcapitalist society required. Absolutely.
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