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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.

Animals and Capital

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    Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
    Publication Date: 31/10/2023
    ISBN13: 9781399518062, 978-1399518062
    ISBN10: 1399518062

    Number of Pages: 328

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

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    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.

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