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Gore Capitalism (Paperback)
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Gore Capitalism (Paperback)
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List price R431
Loot Price R362
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You Save R69 (16%)
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An analysis of contemporary violence as the new commodity of
today's hyper-consumerist stage of capitalism. "Death has become
the most profitable business in existence." -from Gore Capitalism
Written by the Tijuana activist intellectual Sayak Valencia, Gore
Capitalism is a crucial essay that posits a decolonial, feminist
philosophical approach to the outbreak of violence in Mexico and,
more broadly, across the global regions of the Third World.
Valencia argues that violence itself has become a product within
hyper-consumerist neoliberal capitalism, and that tortured and
mutilated bodies have become commodities to be traded and utilized
for profit in an age of impunity and governmental austerity. In a
lucid and transgressive voice, Valencia unravels the workings of
the politics of death in the context of contemporary networks of
hyper-consumption, the ups and downs of capital markets, drug
trafficking, narcopower, and the impunity of the neoliberal state.
She looks at the global rise of authoritarian governments, the
erosion of civil society, the increasing violence against women,
the deterioration of human rights, and the transformation of
certain cities and regions into depopulated, ghostly settings for
war. She offers a trenchant critique of masculinity and gender
constructions in Mexico, linking their misogynist force to the
booming trade in violence. This book is essential reading for
anyone seeking to analyze the new landscapes of war. It provides
novel categories that allow us to deconstruct what is happening,
while proposing vital epistemological tools developed in the
convulsive Third World border space of Tijuana.
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