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  • Animals and capital
    Wadiwel, Dinesh Joseph
    The first systematic application of Marx's value theory to animal labour within the context of capitalist food systems Applies 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 capitalism Explores animals as labour, and the implications for the interaction of human and animal labour forces Presents animal-sourced food as a means of subsistence and social reproduction for human populations Elaborates on animal resistance and its role within capitalist production Building 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.
    Type of material - book
    Publication and manufacture - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, cop. 2023
    Language - english
    ISBN - 978-1-3995-1806-2
    COBISS.SI-ID - 187362051

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Filozofski inštitut
 0000211045
IN: 8163547 Filozofski inštitut
 211045
IN: 8163547 		on loan - outside loan, due date: 02.04.2024

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