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Title:
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Mutant ecologies : manufacturing life in the age of genomic capital
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Authors:
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Erica Borg, Author ;
Amadeo Policante, Author
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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London : Pluto Press, 2022
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-0-7453-4452-2
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Format:
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352 p. / ill. / 22 cm
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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HD9999
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Subjects:
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Biotechnology industries
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Biotechnology--Economic aspects
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Capitalism
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Genetics
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Pharmaceutical industry
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Description:
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Mutant Ecologies traces the spinning of new synthetic threads into the web of life. It is a critical cartography of the shifting landscapes of capital accumulation conjured by recent developments in genomic science, genome editing and the biotech industry. The deliberate induction of genetic mutations is increasingly central to business operations in a number of sectors, from agriculture to pharmaceuticals. While the Nobel Committee recently proclaimed the life sciences to have entered 'a new epoch', the authors show how these technological innovations continue to operate within a socio-historical context defined by the iron rules of capitalist competition and exploitation. Capital no longer contents itself with simply appropriating the living bodies of plants and animals. It purposefully designs their internal metabolism, and in that way it redesigns the countless living vectors that constitute the global biosphere. It is driving a biological revolution, which will ripple through the everyday lives of people everywhere.
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Format :
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In print
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