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ISBN-10: 1629635693
ISBN-13: 9781629635699
Publisher: PM Press
Publish Date: 11/01/2018
Dimensions: 8.90" L, 6.00" W, 0.90" H

Re-Enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons

Foreword by: Peter Linebaugh

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Silvia 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 provides readers with an analysis of some of the key issues and debates in contemporary thinking on this subject.

Drawing 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 centers 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. Federici is clear that the commons should not be understood as happy islands in a sea of exploitative relations but rather autonomous spaces from which to challenge the existing capitalist organization of life and labor.

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"Silvia Federici's theoretical capacity to articulate the plurality that fuels the contemporary movement of women in struggle provides a true toolbox for building bridges between different features and different people."
–Massimo De Angelis, professor of political economy, University of East London

"Silvia Federici's work embodies an energy that urges us to rejuvenate struggles against all types of exploitation and, precisely for that reason, her work produces a common: a common sense of the dissidence that creates a community in struggle."
–Maria Mies, coauthor of Ecofeminism

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ISBN-10: 1629635693
ISBN-13: 9781629635699
Publisher: PM Press
Publish Date: 11/01/2018
Dimensions: 8.90" L, 6.00" W, 0.90" H
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