{"product_id":"the-subsistence-perspective-beyond-the-globalised-economy-paperback","title":"The Subsistence Perspective: Beyond the Globalised Economy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaria Mies\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVeronika Bennholdt-Thomsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA product of twenty years of analysis and activism, this unique book poses a radical alternative to the current free-market industrial system. A book of history, theory and polemic, the authors show how, if we are to survive, economies must become needs-based, environmentally sustainable, co-operative and local. They explain how the current capitalist systems is none of these things, is inherently unstable and is dependent on the exploitation of various marginalized groups, particularly women, and of the environment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey call instead for a new politics and economics based on subsistence and present examples of such a perspective in practice. They describe current peasant economies and show how they are not only alive and possible but necessary and sufficient - far from being a brutalizing way of life, it is seen to be an empowering form of work on something - agriculture - which is fundamental for a modern subsistence-oriented society. We see indigenous communities in Guatemala setting up their own village-based subsistence economies as a way of liberating themselves from colonial subjectification via wage labour. With examples from Africa, Latin America and Europe, the book shows how the subsistence principle can and does have a positive effect on market exchange - with exchange oriented towards the social good rather than profit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book concludes with a call for a new politics based on the view from below, rather than one concerned with power and dominance. The authors' subsistence perspective poses a powerful alternative to the top-down ideology of development politics. The book as a whole brilliantly demonstrates how development only works when it is done from the bottom up.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVeronika Bennholdt-Thomsen is an ethnologist and sociologist at the nonprofit Institute for Theory and Practice of Subsistence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaria Mies is a renowned Marxist-Feminist scholar. Her books include \u003ci\u003ePatriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale \u003c\/i\u003e(Zed 1986, reissued 2014) and \u003ci\u003eEcofeminism \u003c\/i\u003e(with Vandana Shiva, Zed 1993, reissued 2014).\u003cbr\u003eVeronika Bennholdt-Thomsen is an ethnologist and sociologist at the nonprofit Institute for Theory and Practice of Subsistence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaria Mies is a renowned Marxist-Feminist scholar. Her books include \u003ci\u003ePatriarchy and Accumulation on a World Scale \u003c\/i\u003e(Zed 1986, reissued 2014) and \u003ci\u003eEcofeminism \u003c\/i\u003e(with Vandana Shiva, Zed 1993, reissued 2014).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.58 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51787465195808,"sku":"9781856497763","price":88.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9b940a349407f1d483bae63b303a299b.webp?v=1780650398","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-subsistence-perspective-beyond-the-globalised-economy-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}