Animals and Capital / Dinesh Wadiwel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wadiwel, Dinesh, author.

Series:

Animalities (Series)

Animalities Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human capital.

Democracy and education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.) : 3 B/W illustrations 3 black and white illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh University Press 2023

Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

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.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781399518086

1399518089

9781399518093

1399518097