Joel Wainwright, professor at Ohio State, is author of Geopiracy and Decolonizing Development, which won the Blaut award.

• PART I: THE EMERGENCE OF MARXIAN NATURAL HISTORY 1. Marx before Darwin2. Darwin and the destruction of teleology3. Marx after DarwinPART II: READING CAPITAL AS NATURAL HISTORY 4. Labor, nature, and technology5. From population to commodity fetishismPART III: ELABORATIONS OF MARXIAN NATURAL HISTORY 6. A natural history of capitalism7. Philosophical implications of Marxian natural history8. Prospect of an end

This thought-provoking study argues that Marx's study of Charles Darwin led him to develop a distinctively Marxian concept of natural history that provides crucial direction for promoting an eco-socialist alternative to capitalism. An incisive work that is likely to spur lively discussion and debate.

Joel Wainwright, professor at Ohio State, is author of Geopiracy and Decolonizing Development, which won the Blaut award.

• PART I: THE EMERGENCE OF MARXIAN NATURAL HISTORY 1. Marx before Darwin2. Darwin and the destruction of teleology3. Marx after DarwinPART II: READING CAPITAL AS NATURAL HISTORY 4. Labor, nature, and technology5. From population to commodity fetishismPART III: ELABORATIONS OF MARXIAN NATURAL HISTORY 6. A natural history of capitalism7. Philosophical implications of Marxian natural history8. Prospect of an end

This thought-provoking study argues that Marx's study of Charles Darwin led him to develop a distinctively Marxian concept of natural history that provides crucial direction for promoting an eco-socialist alternative to capitalism. An incisive work that is likely to spur lively discussion and debate.

Joel Wainwright, professor at Ohio State, is author of Geopiracy and Decolonizing Development, which won the Blaut award.

• PART I: THE EMERGENCE OF MARXIAN NATURAL HISTORY 1. Marx before Darwin2. Darwin and the destruction of teleology3. Marx after DarwinPART II: READING CAPITAL AS NATURAL HISTORY 4. Labor, nature, and technology5. From population to commodity fetishismPART III: ELABORATIONS OF MARXIAN NATURAL HISTORY 6. A natural history of capitalism7. Philosophical implications of Marxian natural history8. Prospect of an end

This thought-provoking study argues that Marx's study of Charles Darwin led him to develop a distinctively Marxian concept of natural history that provides crucial direction for promoting an eco-socialist alternative to capitalism. An incisive work that is likely to spur lively discussion and debate.