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Not sure what the intent of the post is exactly, but would be a great book club discussion.

Caliban and the Witch is a banger, very rich text. I think some people who haven't read it assume the "witch" part of the title is dominant and overlook the "Caliban" part, this is not simply a text on Marxist feminism (not to belittle texts that are), but really a much grander effort to discuss the psychosocial changes that were/are required of a pre-capitalist society to turn it into a capitalist one. Very cool text, she's a very cool lady with a lot to say.

Oh yes! I just started reading this. The introduction alone has me hooked. Exposing "primitive accumulation" as a continuous process, one that is happening in places where their social relations haven't been completely replaced by the social relations of capital is so eye opening. Can't wait to get into the rest of this book.

Will add to my reading list seems like an interesting text! Will edit when I finish like I did for the Gender Accelerationist Manifesto, though this might take a few weeks.

I remember reading this with a Marxist group. We had relative consensus that we loved the ideas, especially on primitive accumulation, but found the historical elements to be weak. I think a lot of critics and reviewers have picked up on the same thing, saying that Federici's history was totally off. Would be a much stronger book without these elements, I think.

Regardless, it's necessary reading. Her idea of primitive accumulation is beautiful.