Witch hunting, magic, and the new philosophy by Brian Easlea

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Special thanks to Jim Fleming, Sue Ann Harkey, Ben Meyers and Erika Biddle, The Witch, though they may not agree with all that I have written here. Works have been a reference point for the perspective that shapes Caliban and Linebaugh, Bene Madunagu, Maria Mies, Ariel Salleh, Hakim Bey. I also thank Mariarosaĭalla Costa, Nicholas Faraclas, Leopolda Fortunati, Everet Green, Peter The manuscript and giving me advice and support. I thank Michaela Brennan and Veena Viswanatha for reading Willy Mutunga for the materials he has given me on the legal aspects of witchcraft Massimo de Angelis, for giving me his writings on primitive accumulation andįor the important debate on this topic which he organized in The Commoner Goldstein for the materials he has given me on the witches’ “pharmakopeia” Ĭonrad Herold, for contributing to my research on witch hunting in Peru Me aware of the existence of slavery in 16 th- and 17 th-century Italy David Introducing me to the work of Maryse Condé Ferruccio Gambino for making His enthusiastic support for this project Ousseina Alidou and Maria Sari for I thank GeorgeĬaffentzis with whom I have discussed every aspect of this book MitchelĬohen for his excellent comments, his editing of parts of the manuscript, and To the people who have helped me to produce this volume. The world and in men’s ability to make the struggle for women’s liberation Resistance to injustice have helped me not lose faith in the possibility of changing

To our brother Jonathan Cohen whose love, courage and uncompromising Nevertheless leaving an inexhaustible desire to tell, to let people know, to make Witches whose stories have accompanied me for more than twenty-five years, To the many witches I have met in the Women’s Movement, and to the other

Witch hunting, magic, and the new philosophy by Brian Easlea