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i am definitely not smart enough to have absorbed everything in this book which makes sense because silvia federici has maximum galaxy brain but it is definitely an excellent education of how labour relations developed and how feudalism came to an end and transition to capitalism, with a good focus on the role of women in that and how the witch hunts were very much fuelled my misogyny specifically and not just like random crazy people violence
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This is really just a remarkable piece of scholarship. If you want to read some hard leftist theory but are put off by the European intellectualism (and misogyny) of the classics, Federici would be a great starting point. Yes, the text is dense, but in terms of academic texts, I found it quite easy to speed through the entire book. Each chapter is well separated, and a very clear chronology and linearity of thought is created that I found to be extremely easy to grasp. The sheer volume of historical research is very impressive, and the in-depth analysis of the transition from feudalism to capitalism is covered in such detail that the text truly stands on its own. It's hard to deny any of the things Federici brings up here, as history can so frequently tell a story free from the Overton window, and the historical reality is almost impossible to refute in full. I truly think everyone in the world should read this at some point, if not to be enlightened against capitalism, at least to fill in on the gaps of popular action your high school history class almost certainly conveniently skipped over. History can become so much more relatable and broadly applicable when we are studying the lives of a peasant than that of a king.
This was on my to-read list for years, but I was turned off by the dry, theoretic style (I prefer reading fiction). Well, I read it as an audiobook and it was SO WORTH IT. SO INTERESTING, it deserves the interest and reputation that it gets.
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this is why i love nonfiction. intriguing, informative, yet on an understandable level of complexity. i'm left fascinating, pondering, wanting to learn more.
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