Re-Enchanting the World

Feminism and the Politics of the Commons

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Silvia Federici, Peter Linebaugh: Re-Enchanting the World (2018, PM Press)

256 pages

English language

Published April 4, 2018 by PM Press.

ISBN:
978-1-62963-621-4
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Disappointing

2 stars

I was rather excited to read this given how it discusses a lot of topics that I have a lot of interest in, especially given how much I liked the Wages Against Housework essay, but was left feeling rather disappointed. Federici makes a lot of broad claims which are left without any real backing or elaboration, especially when it comes to matters of what occurs internationally. I left this book with a vague sense of something going on between "Africa" and the World Bank, but not much past that. If someone were to ask me how the World Bank engages in enclosure, I am not at all confident I can explain that given what I've gotten from this book.

The essays keep retreading a lot of ground, but somehow the arguments still are really spread thin since what's getting repeated is the broad claims. The picture painted of a lot …