Caliban and the Witch is a history of the body in the transition to capitalism. Moving from the peasant revolts
of the late Middle Ages to the witch-hunts and the rise of mechanical philosophy, Federici investigates the capitalist
rationalization of social reproduction. She shows how the battle against the rebel body and the conflict between
body and mind are essential conditions for the development of labor power and self-ownership, two central principles
of modern social organization.