The Accumulation of Waste

A political economy of systemic destruction

• Author(s): Ali Kadri,
• Publisher: BRILL
• Pages: 584
• ISBN_10: 9004548025
  ISBN_13: 9789004548022
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Anthropology / General , Social Science / Sociology / General , Business & Economics / Business Ethics , Social Science / General , Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection , Technology & Engineering / Environmental / General , Business & Economics / Economics / General , Political Science / Political Ideologies / General , Political Science / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism , Business & Economics / Consumer Behavior , Nature / Natural Resources ,

Description:... 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.