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This book explores how capitalism uses and abuses life, and presents communities of life as a practical means of resistance. In particular, the book shows how capitalism exploits life's capacity for self-production across myriad species, enlists us in environmentally damaging behaviour, inflicts immense physical and mental suffering in unjust and avoidable ways, and undermines the ethical quality of life for all.
The best chance to find meaning in this context, James A. Chamberlain argues, is resistance, and the affirmation of communities of life. The book proposes eight theses on communities of life, including: the orientation of communities of life to satisfy the needs of all beings that constitute them, and to the growth of life rather than economic growth; the abolition of private property in favour of various forms of shared ownership; post-work politics; and the need to recognize the interdependence of life to enact multi-species communities.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Living Through Capitalism—Between Despair and Naive Optimism
Chapter 1. Capitalism as Exploitation
Chapter 2. Life as Self-production: How Capitalism Uses Life and Inhibits Its Development
Chapter 3. Oblivion and Productivism: Capitalism and Environmental Crisis
Chapter 4. Vital Siphoning: Capitalism and Global Health Injustice
Chapter 5. The Good Life? A Husk of Meaning and Complicity in Injustice
Conclusion: Eight Theses on Communities of Life
References
Index
