Animals and Capital / / Dinesh Wadiwel.
The first systematic application of Marx's value theory to animal labour within the context of capitalist food systemsApplies Marx's value theory which builds on and adapts recent work in animal studies, posthumanities, critical race theory and feminist theory to provide new insights into...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2023 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2023] ©2023 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Animalities
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (328 p.) :; 3 B/W illustrations 3 black and white illustrations |
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Summary: | The first systematic application of Marx's value theory to animal labour within the context of capitalist food systemsApplies Marx's value theory which builds on and adapts recent work in animal studies, posthumanities, critical race theory and feminist theory to provide new insights into human-animal relations under capitalismExplores animals as labour, and the implications for the interaction of human and animal labour forcesPresents animal-sourced food as a means of subsistence and social reproduction for human populationsElaborates on animal resistance and its role within capitalist productionBuilding on Karl Marx's value theory, Dinesh Joseph Wadiwel argues that factory farms and industrial fisheries are not merely an example of unchecked human supremacism. Nor a result of the victory of market forces. But a combination of both. In Animals and Capital Wadiwel untangles this contemporary handshake between hierarchical anthropocentrism and capitalism.In the 20th century, capitalist animal agriculture emerged with a twofold mission: to ruthlessly exploit animals for their labour time and enlarge human food supplies. The results of this process are clear. Animal-sourced foods have expanded exponentially. And simultaneously, hundreds of billions of animals confront humans and machines in brutal, antagonistic relations shaped by domination and resistance. |
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Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781399518086 9783110797640 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Dinesh Wadiwel. |