Silvia Federici – författare

'A groundbreaking work . . . Federici has become a crucial figure for . . . a new generation of feminists' Rachel Kushner, author of The Mars RoomA cult classic since its publication in the early years of this century, Caliban and the Witch 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. It 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.'Rewarding . . . allows us to better understand the intimate relationship between modern patriarchy, the rise of the nation state and the transition from feudalism to capitalism' Guardian

'A groundbreaking work . . . Federici has become a crucial figure for . . . a new generation of feminists' Rachel Kushner, author of The Mars RoomA cult classic since its publication in the early years of this century, Caliban and the Witch 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. It 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.'Rewarding . . . allows us to better understand the intimate relationship between modern patriarchy, the rise of the nation state and the transition from feudalism to capitalism' Guardian

What do we mean by Western Civilization? When did the expression originate and why? At a time when there is a widespread perception that Western Civilization is undergoing a historic crisis, and when postmodernism, feminist theory, afrocentrism, deconstruction, and other current philosophical schools define themselves as alternatives to, or critiques of, Western Civilization, this book seeks to trace the development of the concept of Western Civilization and to examine the reasons for its endurance. It also suggests ways in which proponents of Western Civilization can co-opt ideas from opponents.Written from a multidisciplinary viewpoint, the essays in this volume trace the development of the concept of Western Civilization and seek to explode many standing beliefs—primarily those which concern the very existence of a Western tradition. Bound to be controversial, the book will be of interest to scholars and activists in the fields of cultural history, anthropology, and the history of ideas, as well as general readers interested in the enduring discussion of the notion of Western Civilization.

What do we mean by Western Civilization? When did the expression originate and why? At a time when there is a widespread perception that Western Civilization is undergoing a historic crisis, and when postmodernism, feminist theory, afrocentrism, deconstruction, and other current philosophical schools define themselves as alternatives to, or critiques of, Western Civilization, this book seeks to trace the development of the concept of Western Civilization and to examine the reasons for its endurance. It also suggests ways in which proponents of Western Civilization can co-opt ideas from opponents.Written from a multidisciplinary viewpoint, the essays in this volume trace the development of the concept of Western Civilization and seek to explode many standing beliefs—primarily those which concern the very existence of a Western tradition. Bound to be controversial, the book will be of interest to scholars and activists in the fields of cultural history, anthropology, and the history of ideas, as well as general readers interested in the enduring discussion of the notion of Western Civilization.

The complexity of African society entering the 21st century necessitates an interdisciplinary examination of Africa's political, social, and cultural developments and challenges. Focusing on Social Movements and Literature, Social Change and Culture, the book brings together a wide range of essays by committed scholars, writers, and activists concerned with progressive approaches to Africa's dilemmas.Beginning with an overview by anthropologist Cheryl Mwaria, African Visions addresses such issues as structural adjustments, religious freedom, human rights, democratization, educational movements, and health care. Particular analyses consider intellectual property, student activism, and the AIDS epidemic. Mwaria, Federici, and McLaren also explore the way social and cultural questions have been treated in literary works and theoretical studies dealing with hybridity, sexual politics, literacy, socialist orientations, and language. Noted literary scholars Odun Balogun and Alamin Mazrui consider aspects of these issues. The collection also examines trends in literature, publishing, and theater in such countries as Algeria, Niger, Nigeria, and South Africa in relation to themes such as gender, popular culture, African novels, and protest. Highlighting articles by two of Africa's leading activist/writers Dennis Brutus of South Africa, stressing regional cooperation, and Ngûgî wa Thiong'o of Kenya, advocating African languages, African Visions avoids the pessimism associated with numerous 20th century studies. Brutus and Ngûgî consider the economic and cultural effects of globalization and the necessity for promoting self-determination. An essential resource for all scholars and students concerned with contemporary African life and culture.

In 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?Feminism for the World 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.In 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.

In 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 mainstreamsystematically 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?Feminism for the World 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.In 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.Authors include Lola Olufemi, Franoise Vergs, Silvia Federici, Vernica Gago, Zahra Ali, Rama Salla Dieng, Sayak Valencia and Djamila Ribeiro. Translated by Fionn Petch and Sophie Lewis.

';Here, the treatment of pathologiessuch as cancers or virusesis considered as important as dismantling the causes of pathologies, including the social problems of debt, homelessness, police violence, and isolation. We must grasp how the de-individualization of care, what we might refer to as the communization of care, is central to fighting state and capital's racialized and gendered forms of abandonment.' For Health Autonomy: Horizons of Care Beyond AusterityReflections from Greece explores the landscape of care spaces coordinated by autonomous collectives in Greece, including clinics, social spaces for health, social kitchens, and safe spaces liberated from the state and capital. The significance of autonomous spaces is intensified in the very moment the state, capital, and their complicit institutions attempt to penetrate their power via austerity and state violence. In tandem with the broader anticapitalist movement, these spaces have ruptured the legitimacy of the state and capital, and reclaimed care beyond the limits of the biomedical, nonprofit, and capitalist frameworks.The experience of Greek autonomous care spaces encapsulates care within, as well as beyond, the biomedical; where addressing pathologies, such as cancers or colds, are as important as dismantling the causes of the pathology, including debt, homelessness, police violence, and social isolation. The collected essays grasp how emotional and physical distress is preventablewhere ensuring access to antibiotics, vaccines, or herbal remedies is as relevant as liberating unused space for housing or de-policing a neighborhood. The subjects of this collection include a network of users of psychosocial services, defending their right to autonomy within mental healthcare systems; a healthcare center organized and maintained by an anarchist collective; a worker's clinic founded by a coalition of factory workers and healthcare solidarity activists; among others.The Greek contribution to autonomous care work emancipates labor, space, and resources towards a form of life that sustains the bodies and well-being of the collectives directly involved in this process, and the broader network of autonomous communities that rely on such care spaces to reproduce other modes of noncapitalist life. Efforts to defend and expand the very elements necessary for the survival of our bodies and ecology are in tandem with efforts to rupture from hierarchies, profits, and institutionalized singularities. For Health Autonomy is a powerful collection of first-hand accounts of concrete alternatives that are replacing our need for police and prisons based on the collective power of communities and care workers. These reflections have merged from within and beyond healthcare institutions.

Wie konnte es dazu kommen, dass in Europa vom 15. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert Tausende von Frauen der Hexerei beschuldigt, grausam gefoltert und ermordet wurden? Diese Frage führt Silvia Federici zu einer Neubetrachtung der Entstehung des Kapitalismus sowie des Ausmaßes an Zerstörung von Sozial- und Geschlechterbeziehungen, auf dem diese Entwicklung basierte. Neben der weiblichen Sexualität stellten die Fähigkeiten von Frauen als Heilerinnen, Naturheilkundige, Hebammen, Erzeugerinnen von Liebestränken bei der Ersetzung einer magischen Auffassung vom menschlichen Körper durch eine »rationale«, die ihn zu ausbeutbarer Arbeitskraft umformte, eine Bedrohung dar. Um diese auszumerzen wurde mit den Hexenverfolgungen ein »Terrorregime« über alle Frauen errichtet, aus dem ein neues Modell von Weiblichkeit hervorging: geschlechtslos, untergeordnet, beschränkt auf den Bereich reproduktiver Tätigkeiten. Silvia Federici (*1942) ist emeritierte Professorin der Hofstra University in New York.

Wie konnte es dazu kommen, dass in Europa vom 15. bis zum 18. Jahrhundert Tausende von Frauen der Hexerei beschuldigt, grausam gefoltert und ermordet wurden? Diese Frage führt Silvia Federici zu einer Neubetrachtung der Entstehung des Kapitalismus sowie des Ausmaßes an Zerstörung von Sozial- und Geschlechterbeziehungen, auf dem diese Entwicklung basierte. Neben der weiblichen Sexualität stellten die Fähigkeiten von Frauen als Heilerinnen, Naturheilkundige, Hebammen, Erzeugerinnen von Liebestränken bei der Ersetzung einer magischen Auffassung vom menschlichen Körper durch eine »rationale«, die ihn zu ausbeutbarer Arbeitskraft umformte, eine Bedrohung dar. Um diese auszumerzen wurde mit den Hexenverfolgungen ein »Terrorregime« über alle Frauen errichtet, aus dem ein neues Modell von Weiblichkeit hervorging: geschlechtslos, untergeordnet, beschränkt auf den Bereich reproduktiver Tätigkeiten.  Silvia Federici (*1942) ist emeritierte Professorin der Hofstra University inNew York.

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Si quieren comprender los secretos de los caminos establecidos en direccion a la democracia, observen los movimientos liderados por mujeres negras. Angela DavisEl capitalismo toma el termino "e;empoderamiento"e; y lo vacia de su sentido colectivo. [ ] La perspectiva neoliberal del empoderamiento es individual. Patricia Hill CollinsLas mujeres estan reconstruyendo aquello que es comun a todos a lo largo del mundo. [ ] Cuando defienden los bosques, o las tierras, o los rios de una empresa minera o petrolera, estan defendiendo los bienes comunes. Silvia FedericiEste libro presenta las conferencias que Angela Davis, Patricia Hill Collins y Silvia Federici tres referentes ineludibles de los movimientos feministas a nivel mundial dictaron en octubre de 2019 alrededor del interrogante "e; Democracia en colapso?"e;. Cada una con su marca personal, pero tambien con un tono compartido y contundente que invita a la reflexion y al debate, construyen una narrativa que desde la interseccionalidad aborda los temas mas urgentes: la representacion politica, la crisis ecologica, la explotacion laboral y economica, la desigualdad. En tiempos donde pareciera no haber alternativa al capitalismo salvaje, Democracia para quien? se vuelve un libro imprescindible, un espacio de resistencia y, por que no, una posible puerta de salida.