Animals and Capital

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.

Author: Dinesh Joseph Wadiwel
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 10/17/2023
Series: Animalities
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9781399518062