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bucyte's review against another edition
5.0
I have been looking for non-fiction on about the witch hunts and I am so happy I discovered this book. If only all the Marxist fanboys took the time to read it too, maybe their anti-capitalist passions would not include hatred towards women.
I wish Silvia Federici would also apply her amazing analytical and writing skills to go through the more recent history of women and capitalism. I would be the first in line for that book.
I wish Silvia Federici would also apply her amazing analytical and writing skills to go through the more recent history of women and capitalism. I would be the first in line for that book.
september12's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
bbrillie's review against another edition
5.0
absolute banger! deeply informative and expansive yet engaging Marxist feminist analysis of capitalism’s development in Europe and the Americas. Silvia is writing such a thorough critique while making sure to break down Marx, Descartes, Hobbes (amongst others) in a way that’s so accessible. there’s literature, philosophy, sociology, history…all backing her up. genuinely believe this is required reading
really shows how the witch hunt wasn’t the product of public hysteria but a deliberate effort by the state (and in this case the church) to restructure the position of women in society. the destruction of community and ritual, the building narrative of demonic sexuality…we say the witch hunt is a historical event but this is happening today right now with how the state provokes hysteria around Black mothers, queer men, trans ppl, etc…
side note: i think this deserves to be reissued w a new preface by Silvia and the typos corrected! necessary read
really shows how the witch hunt wasn’t the product of public hysteria but a deliberate effort by the state (and in this case the church) to restructure the position of women in society. the destruction of community and ritual, the building narrative of demonic sexuality…we say the witch hunt is a historical event but this is happening today right now with how the state provokes hysteria around Black mothers, queer men, trans ppl, etc…
side note: i think this deserves to be reissued w a new preface by Silvia and the typos corrected! necessary read
junyan's review against another edition
4.0
3.75/5 不完全认同书中作者观点但作为历史类书籍是值得阅读的，历史资料详实、逻辑清晰且易读。
这本书从女权主义的视角思考马克思对资本原始积累的分析、关注封建制度转为资本主义制度这一历史时期中的女性群体。作者说她不认同激进女权主义，因为激进女权主义对父权统治和女性失权的解释是基于跨历史的文化结构之上的，也就是说并没有把历史历程中剥削关系的演变当成影响或塑造父权制度的重要因素。相比之下，社会主义女权主义者则优先关注了资本主义社会中作为工人的女性。
我对这本书的定位是了解这一段历史中的女性群体境遇的沉浮，不十分认同作者的观点，即使她没有重点在本书中进行表达她的女权主义主张，而是对史料进行整合于分析。无论剥削关系如何，是伯爵夫人或贱民之女、是工厂老板娘还是起早贪黑的女工，绝大部分女性在客观上被剥夺自然赋予的创生与执死权以及在主观上认为这个世界没有男人不能运转、女权运动的最终目的是男女平等这一状况是没有改变的。形式上的变化更是蒙蔽了无数人的双眼，看不到父权制本质的坚挺。所以众多流派五花八门分析纵有再多价值，也是隔靴搔痒。
抓住本质有多难？看看无论剥削关系如何变化，政治光谱如何丰富，父权制都无法被推翻即可知；抓住本质有多简单？看看无论父权制与父权人撒了再多谎欺骗女性欺骗自己，在何时何地总有大无畏女性觉醒站起即可知。
这本书从女权主义的视角思考马克思对资本原始积累的分析、关注封建制度转为资本主义制度这一历史时期中的女性群体。作者说她不认同激进女权主义，因为激进女权主义对父权统治和女性失权的解释是基于跨历史的文化结构之上的，也就是说并没有把历史历程中剥削关系的演变当成影响或塑造父权制度的重要因素。相比之下，社会主义女权主义者则优先关注了资本主义社会中作为工人的女性。
我对这本书的定位是了解这一段历史中的女性群体境遇的沉浮，不十分认同作者的观点，即使她没有重点在本书中进行表达她的女权主义主张，而是对史料进行整合于分析。无论剥削关系如何，是伯爵夫人或贱民之女、是工厂老板娘还是起早贪黑的女工，绝大部分女性在客观上被剥夺自然赋予的创生与执死权以及在主观上认为这个世界没有男人不能运转、女权运动的最终目的是男女平等这一状况是没有改变的。形式上的变化更是蒙蔽了无数人的双眼，看不到父权制本质的坚挺。所以众多流派五花八门分析纵有再多价值，也是隔靴搔痒。
抓住本质有多难？看看无论剥削关系如何变化，政治光谱如何丰富，父权制都无法被推翻即可知；抓住本质有多简单？看看无论父权制与父权人撒了再多谎欺骗女性欺骗自己，在何时何地总有大无畏女性觉醒站起即可知。
jcampbell's review against another edition
slow-paced
2.0
Not sure it makes the points the author thinks it makes.
It is a particularly dense book far more than you’d expect for a modern classic but I found it alright to follow even if the thesis arguments felt ill thought out at points and despite discussing witch trials several times didn’t feel like the author actually had anything knowledge on the subject. She’s looking at the subject from a Marxist lense but it’s still clear that there are gaps.
It is a particularly dense book far more than you’d expect for a modern classic but I found it alright to follow even if the thesis arguments felt ill thought out at points and despite discussing witch trials several times didn’t feel like the author actually had anything knowledge on the subject. She’s looking at the subject from a Marxist lense but it’s still clear that there are gaps.
fowzee's review against another edition
5.0
the most fascinating thing i’ve read so far this year. the sections on the transformation of philosophy, the witch hunts and the forms of female behaviour they sought to eradicate….. incredible. and the point on the eurocentric view of the witch-hunts and how they connected to indigenous and enslaved women !!! wow. we need more feminist rewritings of history yaaasss slay (i loved this)