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mireiaaaaaa3's review against another edition
4.0
Feia molt temps que tenia pendent llegir alguna cosa sobre les caces de bruixes, m'ha servit sobretot per adonar-me que em falten moltes coses per aprendre.
mssprinklecakes's review
slow-paced
4.0
Very academically written and kind of dense, but interesting.
mothmans_mum's review
1.0
Full of glaring historical and factual inaccuracies. This is not a serious attempt to understand the relationships between witch-hunts, gender oppression, sexuality, and the transition to capitalism in Europe. Federici consciously misrepresents material history in order to fit events into her wildly incorrect theoretical framework. Would not recommend.
tbhiamhotbye's review
5.0
this is such a great and important book! it made me emotional and angry. misogyny is linked to witch hunts and many people are unaware of this!!
furbae's review
4.0
Perhaps I should have read Caliban and the Witch alongside this, which, I feel, would have given more depth to the arguments that Federici presents here. Don’t get me wrong — as a fan of Federici, I loved how she linked the vilification of (old) women to globalizing forces and how fear of women’s power and autonomy led to there alienation. Still, however, I would have liked if she had given more(?). Further, I would have also liked how she might have linked the arguments to contemporary examples witch hunts to give it a bit more salience. That said, I love the points that she did present and how throughout history, there just seems to be a thorough line of controlling women. Her last point about communalism touched on the idea about how cooperative societies might reduce incidences of witch-hunting in society, which was also great!
There’s a lot more to say but I’m on my phone so I can’t brain.
A side-note, the “we are the daughters of the witches,” etc etc just got really corny. I’m reading this in 2021 and it feels tired at this point.
There’s a lot more to say but I’m on my phone so I can’t brain.
A side-note, the “we are the daughters of the witches,” etc etc just got really corny. I’m reading this in 2021 and it feels tired at this point.