Being & Swine
the end of nature (as we know it)
Yazar: Amir, Fahim
Yıl: 2020
Dil: Englisch
Kapsam: 227 S.
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- İçerik:
- Forget everything you think you know about nature. Fahim Amir's award-winning book takes pure delight in posing unexpected questions: Are animals victims of human domination, or heroes of resistance? Is nature pristine and defenceless, or sentient and devious? Is being human really a prerequisite for being political? In a world where birds on Viagra punch above their weight and termites hijack the heating systems of major cities, animals can be recast as vigilantes, agitators, and public enemies in their own right. Under Amir's magic spell, pigs transform from slaughterhouse innocents into rioting revolutionaries, pigeons from urban pests into unruly militants, honeybees from virtuous fuzzballs into shameless centrefold models for eco-capitalism. As paws, claws, talons, and hooves seize the means of production, Being and Swine spirals higher and higher into a heady thesis that becomes more convincing by the minute. At the heart of Amir's writing is a deep optimism and bracingly fresh reading of Marxist, post-colonial, and feminist theory, building upon the radical scholarship of Donna J. Haraway and others. Contrarian, whip-smart, and wildly innovative, no other book will laugh at your convictions quite like this one.
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Yayın adı: Being & Swine
Yazar: Amir, Fahim
Çevirmen: Russell, Corvin Howes, Geoffrey C.
Yayınevi: Between the Lines
ISBN: 9781771134828
Kategori: Edebiyat ve eğlence, Roman ve anlatılar, Toplum ve siyaset
Dosya büyüklüğü: 1 MB
Biçim: ePub
Ödünç alma süresi: 14 Gün