HIST 024. Witch-hunting in the Early Modern World


Starting with an overview of major themes in the separate but related histories of capitalism and witch-hunting, this course is centered around Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici: a book that lies at the intersection of these topics. Themes to be explored include gender, science, religious war, state-building, climate change, peasant revolts, "primitive accumulation," and the historical narrative of modernity. 
Concentration: Domination and Resistance
Prerequisite: This course is not open to first-year students. 
Social sciences.
1 credit.
Catalog chapter: History  
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/history


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