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harun el rashid

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just a guy who loves books

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harun el rashid reviewed Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici

Caliban and the Witch (2004, Autonomedia)

Caliban and the Witch is a history of the body in the transition to capitalism. …

Review of 'Caliban and the Witch' on 'GoodReads'

5 stars

This book is mindblowing in the best way. A deeply necessary read for thinking about how gender & colonization & capital are intertwined. Also, taught me a lot about a period in history I know very little about!

harun el rashid reviewed The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing

The Mushroom at the End of the World (2015)

What a rare mushroom can teach us about sustaining life on a fragile planet

Matsutake …

Review of 'The mushroom at the end of the world' on 'GoodReads'

4 stars

Complex, intelligent, and beautiful. This book focuses on a very particularized industry--the international trade in matsutake--but expands to think about forest ecology, the gig economy, life on the edges of capitalism, race, and geopolitics. It does so with a prose that is beautiful and poetic, and a lovely meandering structure.