Mutant Ecologies: Manufacturing Life in the Age of Genomic Capital

How capitalism is reconfiguring the very texture of life.

Critical cartography of the shifting landscapes of capital accumulation conjured by recent developments in genomic science, genome editing, and the biotech industry.

Mutant Ecologies traces the spinning of new synthetic threads into the web of life. CRISPR crops, fast-growing salmons, heat-resistant Slick™ cows, Friendly™ Mosquitoes, humanized mice, pigs growing human organs - these are but a few of the dazzling new life-forms that ha...