- f ounded ▁the ▁Rad ical ▁Philosoph y ▁Association ▁( R PA ) ▁anti - de ath ▁penalty ▁project . ▁ ▁Sch olar ly ▁contributions ▁Feder ici ' s ▁best ▁known ▁work , ▁Cal ib an ▁and ▁the ▁W itch : ▁Women , ▁the ▁Body ▁and ▁Prim itive ▁Acc um ulation , ▁exp ands ▁on ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁Leopold ina ▁Fort un ati ▁investig ating ▁the ▁reasons ▁for ▁the ▁w itch ▁hun ts ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁modern ▁period , ▁but ▁giving ▁a ▁femin ist ▁interpretation . ▁In ▁it , ▁she ▁arg ues ▁against ▁Karl ▁Marx ' s ▁claim ▁that ▁primitive ▁accum ulation ▁is ▁a ▁necessary ▁prec ursor ▁for ▁capital ism . ▁Instead , ▁she ▁pos its ▁that ▁primitive ▁accum ulation ▁is ▁a ▁fundamental ▁characteristic ▁of ▁capital ism ▁itself — that ▁capital ism , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁perpet uate ▁itself , ▁requires ▁a ▁constant ▁inf usion ▁of ▁ex prop ri ated ▁capital . ▁ ▁Feder ici ▁connect s ▁this ▁ex prop ri ation ▁to ▁women ' s ▁un pa id ▁labour , ▁both ▁connected ▁to ▁reprodu ction ▁and ▁otherwise , ▁which ▁she ▁frames ▁as ▁a ▁historical ▁pre condition ▁to ▁the ▁rise ▁of ▁a ▁capital ist ▁economy ▁pred ic ated ▁upon ▁w age ▁labor . ▁Rel ated ▁to ▁this , ▁she ▁out lines ▁the ▁historical ▁struggle ▁for ▁the ▁comm ons ▁and ▁the ▁struggle ▁for ▁commun al ism . ▁Instead ▁of ▁seeing ▁capital ism ▁as ▁a ▁liber atory ▁defeat ▁of ▁fe ud al ism , ▁Feder ici ▁interpre ts ▁the ▁as cent ▁of ▁capital ism ▁as