{"product_id":"living-through-capitalism-resisting-devastation-through-communities-of-life-9781399552745","title":"Living Through Capitalism: Resisting Devastation Through Communities of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores how capitalism uses and abuses life, and presents communities of life as a practical means of resistance. In particular, the book shows how capitalism exploits life's capacity for self-production across myriad species, enlists us in environmentally damaging behaviour, inflicts immense physical and mental suffering in unjust and avoidable ways, and undermines the ethical quality of life for all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe best chance to find meaning in this context, James A. Chamberlain argues, is resistance, and the affirmation of communities of life. The book proposes eight theses on communities of life, including: the orientation of communities of life to satisfy the needs of all beings that constitute them, and to the growth of life rather than economic growth; the abolition of private property in favour of various forms of shared ownership; post-work politics; and the need to recognize the interdependence of life to enact multi-species communities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChamberlain, James A.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - James A. Chamberlain is Associate Professor of Political Science at Mississippi State University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eUndoing Work, Rethinking Community: A Critique of the Social Function of Work \u003c\/i\u003e(Cornell University Press, 2018) and co-editor, with Albena Azmanova, of \u003ci\u003eCapitalism, Socialism, Democracy: Critical Debates \u003c\/i\u003e(Springer, 2022). Also with Azmanova, he co-founded and co-edits the open access journal \u003ci\u003eEmancipations: A Journal of Critical Social Analysis. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has published several articles on borders, migration, and cosmopolitanism in journals such as \u003ci\u003ePolitical Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eContemporary Political Theory\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eConstellations.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51806068998418,"sku":"9781399552745","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8723dabb-4cde-4b6a-80b1-b95075d10f0d.jpg?v=1765974031","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/living-through-capitalism-resisting-devastation-through-communities-of-life-9781399552745","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}