Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of

Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital

Finance. Climate. Food. Work. How are the crises of the twenty-first century connected? In Capitalism in the Web of Life, Jason W. Moore argues that the sources of todayâ€™s global turbulence have a common cause: capitalism as a way of organizing nature, including human nature. Drawing on environmentalist, feminist, and Marxist thought, Moore offers a groundbreaking new synthesis: capitalism as a â€œworld-ecologyâ€ of wealth, power, and nature. Capitalismâ€™s greatest strengthâ€”and the source of its problemsâ€”is its capacity to create Cheap Natures: labor, food, energy, and raw materials. That capacity is now in question. Rethinking capitalism through the pulsing and renewing dialectic of humanity-in-nature, Moore takes readers on a journey from the rise of capitalism to the modern mosaic of crisis. Capitalism in the Web of Life shows how the critique of capitalism-in-natureâ€”rather than capitalism and natureâ€”is key to understanding our predicament, and to pursuing the politics of liberation in the century ahead.
Country USA
Brand Verso
Manufacturer Verso Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781781689028
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2015-08-18
UnitCount 1
UPCs 787721867494
EANs 9781781689028

Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital