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mybookworldtour 's review for:
Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women
by Silvia Federici
I enjoyed the historical analysis of European witch-hunts and how it shaped today's social order. But how the term "feminism" is used in a non-inclusive and non-intersectional way. Federici's thesis here also revolves around comparing the 16th-century European witch-hunts to what she considers current hunts in different countries in Africa. However, she mentions in passing that African scholars disagree with such a comparison but never goes into the why. It doesn't sit right with me that she bases her complete analysis of a foreign reality to her by brushing off local opinions, which she didn't already agree with from the get-go. Finally, She concludes her theory by antagonizing youth and elders in a very harmful way. This generational profiling and stereotyping ultimately contribute to the violence she claims to want to eradicate.