Rome, Nova Delphi Libri, prefaced by Vincent d’Eaubonne, october 2024

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This text offers a unique perspective on the role of women in history, often downplayed by scholars. Based on an analysis combining archaeological discoveries, anthropology and the study of myths and legends from the ancient world, d’Eaubonne provides us with an astonishing reconstruction of the social weight of women and the struggles that enabled them to play a leading role over the centuries, emphasizing that patriarchy is in no way “natural” or innate: it was imposed only after fierce resistance on the part of the female gender. But the author goes further, pointing out that her political objective is not a society dominated by women, but a non-hegemonic society that sees “the end of patriarchy in all its forms, not just the oppression of women” (Automatic translation).

Prospero Editore, Milan, mars 2024

After translating Feminism or Death, Sara Marchesi, collection director at Prospero Editore, decided to make this text by Françoise known in Italy.

The sexocide that Françoise d’Eaubonne talks about in this text, the treatment reserved for “witches” during the hunt that was carried out against them, was only a pretext. It was a perfect trick, suited to the era in which these events took place, to justify the torture and murder of women. Kramer and Sprenger’s Malleus Maleficarum would be treated today as the manifesto of an incel, released on the web a few hours before going to commit his mass murder in a place frequented mainly by women. (Taous Merakchi, 2023)