The accumulation of waste : a political economy of systemic destruction / by Ali Kadri.
"Phenomenal waste has surfaced as the social form and substance of value. In capital's totalizing process, which commodifies all that comes in its way, wasting classes consume the wasted classes. This book addresses the metamorphosis of value into waste and it focuses on wars as industries...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston, Massachusetts :
Brill,
[2023]
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| Series: | Studies in the political economy of global labor and work ;
v. 3. |
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| Summary: | "Phenomenal waste has surfaced as the social form and substance of value. In capital's totalizing process, which commodifies all that comes in its way, wasting classes consume the wasted classes. This book addresses the metamorphosis of value into waste and it focuses on wars as industries of perfect waste. Whereas wasted man is visibly the prevalent commodity on sale, this central element in the commodity relation is rarely mentioned. In line with this, the book examines how waste, as a surrogate value, eludes the crises of capital and maintains its resilience"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 568 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9004548025 9789004548022 |
| ISSN: | 2667-288X ; |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed October 30th, 2023). |