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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453088603321

Autore

Fish Kenneth

Titolo

Living factories [[electronic resource] ] : biotechnology and the unique nature of capitalism / / Kenneth Fish

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-7735-8801-9

1-283-92022-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Disciplina

338.476606

Soggetti

Biotechnology industries

Genetic engineering - Economic aspects

Capitalism - Social aspects

Environmental sociology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction - Of Spider-Goats and Mechanical Monsters""; ""1 - Marx and the Unique Nature of Industrial Capitalism""; ""2 - Conceptualizing Living Factories""; ""3 - Harnessing Life Itself as a Productive Force""; ""4 - Breaking the Machine Metaphor: The Difference that Life Makes""; ""5 - The Conscious Organ of the Living Factory""; ""6 - The Meaning of Marx�s Organic Metaphors""; ""7 - Living Factories and the Materiality of Capitalism""; ""Conclusion - Towards a Bright Green Marxism?""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""