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Federici's books are essential for those interested in understanding the ongoing impact of history on current social movements and the possibilities for revolutionary change.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"caliban-and-the-witch-by-silvia-federici-9780241532539","title":"Caliban and the Witch","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the peasant revolts to the Great European Witch Hunt—the crushing of occult traditions and women's reproductive freedom in the transition to capitalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA cult classic since its publication in the early years of this century, \u003cem\u003eCaliban and the Witch\u003c\/em\u003e is Silvia Federici's history of the body in the transition to capitalism. Moving from the peasant revolts of the late Middle Ages through the European witch-hunts, the rise of scientific rationalism, and the colonisation of the Americas, it gives a panoramic account of the often horrific violence with which the unruly human material of pre-capitalist societies was transformed into a set of predictable and controllable mechanisms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a study of indigenous traditions crushed, of the enclosure of women's reproductive powers within the nuclear family, and of how our modern world was forged in blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46213092737260,"sku":"9780241532539","price":34.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241532539.jpg?v=1740457226"},{"product_id":"feminism-for-the-world-by-sayak-valencia-9780745350332","title":"Feminism for the World","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the years since #MeToo, misogyny, sexism, and gender-based violence have flooded the news and our social media timelines. Anti-privilege politics and intersectionality have entered the mainstream—systematically trolled on one end of the spectrum; embraced, to questionable ends, on the other. But what has this increased visibility entailed, other than the marketisation of the feminist struggle?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFeminism for the World\u003c\/em\u003e argues that we have been witnessing an erasure of feminism as a long-term tradition, with its many conflicting histories and geographies of struggle elided and forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this ground-breaking collection, eight leading international figures of contemporary feminism highlight feminist struggles and traditions from the Global South, presenting feminism as a project that is impossible without international solidarity from the West. In doing so, they revive an authentic internationalism and propose paths for present and future generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46790653411564,"sku":"9780745350332","price":35.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9860453482453.jpg?v=1756973915"},{"product_id":"re-enchanting-the-world-by-silvia-federici-9781629635699","title":"Re-enchanting the World","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSilvia Federici is one of the most important contemporary theorists of capitalism and feminist movements. In this collection of her work spanning over twenty years, she provides a detailed history and critique of the politics of the commons from a feminist perspective. In her clear and combative voice, Federici offers readers an analysis of some of the key issues and debates in contemporary thinking on this subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on rich historical research, she maps the connections between the previous forms of enclosure that occurred with the birth of capitalism, and the destruction of the commons and the \"new enclosures\" at the heart of the present phase of global capitalist accumulation. Considering the commons from a feminist perspective, this collection focuses on women and reproductive work as crucial to both our economic survival and the construction of a world free from the hierarchies and divisions capital has planted in the body of the world proletariat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFederici is clear that the commons should not be understood as happy islands in a sea of exploitative relations, but rather as autonomous spaces from which to challenge the existing capitalist organisation of life and labour. \u003cem\u003eRe-enchanting the World\u003c\/em\u003e provides insight into these critical themes and invites readers to imagine alternative futures free from capitalist constraints.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849931509996,"sku":"9781629635699","price":53.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/5690273482768.jpg?v=1759063183"},{"product_id":"witches-witch-hunting-and-women-by-silvia-federici-9781629635682","title":"Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA beginner's guide to the central role of the witch trials in the formation of both gender relations and the emergence of capitalism—as well as a feminist call to arms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWe are witnessing a new surge of interpersonal and institutional violence against women, including new witch hunts. 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Like at the dawn of capitalism, what we discover behind today's violence against women are processes of enclosure, land dispossession, and the remoulding of women's reproductive activities and subjectivity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs well as an investigation into the causes of this new violence, the book is also a feminist call to arms. Federici's work provides new ways of understanding the methods in which women are resisting victimisation and offers a powerful reminder that reconstructing the memory of the past is crucial for the struggles of the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46998843195628,"sku":"9781629635682","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/5690103482768.jpg?v=1763233634"},{"product_id":"revolution-at-point-zero-2nd-edition-by-silvia-federici-9781629637976","title":"Revolution at Point Zero (2nd. 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