Oltre la periferia della pelle. Ripensare, ricostruire e rivendicare il corpo nel capitalismo contemporaneo

Easily the most disappointing of Federici’s usually excellent work I’ve read. This book is very vaguely organized around the theme of “body politics,” but it’s often unclear what Federici means by this or what’s at stake for her. As with her other recent work, she evinces a strange and poorly reason Leggi tutto

While less thematically coherent than her other works, Beyond the Periphery of the Skin nevertheless makes for fruitful reading to those already familiar with her other work, especially Caliban and the Witch. Unlike another reviewer, I did not, as a transgender person, find her work to be even margin Leggi tutto

bit scattered & i skipped one of the sections entirely but i don’t think this is TERF shit at all n you’d have to rly misread what federici is saying to get there. it’s a slim book that reads mostly like a collection of lectures or talks than a thorough investigation of any single subject. mostly go Leggi tutto

Coming from Caliban, this was a much less clean and focused read (granted, the format is very different, but it applies to the ideas too). The essays were uneven, some quite shockingly superficial, with bold, unbacked claims. A few of the places where she decided to include trans and intersex people Leggi tutto

came for the feminism, stayed for the marxism.

Me parece que algunos temas los trata de forma muy acertada y la contextualización entorno al cercamiento del cuerpo dentro de la máquina productiva también. Tiene puntos anticapacitistas y antiespecistas que me han gustado, y un final optimista en cuanto a la reivindicación de la militancia gozosa. Leggi tutto

Agreeing with other reviewers, this book best functions as an appendage to Federici's other works for those who are already familiar with them. Developed from lectures given in 2015, Beyond the Periphery of the Skin elaborates on old themes, intertwining them with the contemporary moment. It's fasci Leggi tutto