Moreover, it is timely to revisit the question of witch-hunts, a phenomenon which has historically (and to a lesser extent, in modern times) cost the lives of many innocent women. Social reproduction theory, which explains how the replenishment of labour each day is essential to capitalism, helps us tie together these issues. The fact that more work has been piled into the home, and that this has been disproportionately shouldered by women, has shone a spotlight on pre-existing inequalities. The call to ‘stay at home’ during the pandemic has raised vital questions about care, work, the home and capitalism. Alexandra Day reviews Silvia Federici’s seminal work, Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation.įirst published in 2004, Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici is a work well worth revisiting in 2020.
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