In this episode we discuss Silvia Federici's seminal work 'Caliban and the Witch,' which calls for us to examine the development of capitalism through the eyes and the body of women in the early modern era. Along the way we discuss the idea of modernity; the relationship between theory, politics and history; and the claim that Federici's recent work could be read as justifying transphobia in the present day.////

A thread on Federici's use of sources on the witch-hunts mentioned early in the episode can be found here: https://libcom.org/blog/witch-hunts-transition-capitalism-20122011////

The article 'Federici vs Marx' by Gilles Dauvé, mentioned by Danny in the epsiode can be found here: https://libcom.org/library/federici-versus-marx-gilles-dauve////

One of several reviews of Federici's 'Beyond the Periphery of the Skin' which critiques the apparent transphobia of this more recent work can be found here: https://www.full-stop.net/2020/05/28/reviews/cory-austin-knudson/beyond-the-periphery-of-the-skin-silvia-federici/////

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The podcast music is Stealing Orchestra & Rafael Dionísio,  'Gente da minha terra (que me mete um nojo do caralho).' Reproduced from the Free Music Archive under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License, available here:https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Stealing_Orchestra__Rafael_Dionsio/_Rafael_Dionsio_-_Uma_Desgraa_Nunca_Vem_S/Gente_da_minha_terra_que_mete_um_nojo_do_caralho////

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 The image in this episode is 'Einblattdruck zu einer Hexenverbrennung in Derenburg (Grafschaft Reinstein)' (1555), available in the public domain here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zeitung_Derenburg_1555_crop.jpg////