The Accumulation of Waste - (Studies in Political Economy of Global Labor and Work) by Ali Kadri (Paperback)

About the Book

In the waste masquerading as wealth, nature is the principal commodity on offer. Waste sells and, like everything under capital, is financialized, This work attributes the emergence of waste to the intrinsic workings of the Marxian value relation.

Book Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Ali Kadri teaches at Sun Yatsen university. His recent books include The Cordon Sanitaire: A Single Law Governing Development in East Asia and the Arab World, Imperialism with Reference to Syria, and The Unmaking of Arab Socialism.