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Where there are pigeons, there is resistance. 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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Lifes (Paperback)
Aram Moshayedi; Foreword by Ann Philbin; Text written by Fahim Amir, Asher Hartman, Shannon Jackson, …
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R837
Discovery Miles 8 370
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