The End
marx, darwin, and the natural history of the climate crisis
$47.20
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
28 February 2026
Summary
The Ecological Roots of Capital: How Darwin Shaped Marx’s Critique
In this pathbreaking study, Joel Wainwright reveals the profound influence of Darwin on Karl Marx’s Capital. Wainwright demonstrates how Darwin’s ideas reshaped Marx’s understanding of history and nature, leading to a unique ecological critique of capitalism as a social structure. Marx himself even referred to Capital as a study of natural history.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781804299418 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1804299413 |
| Author: | Joel Wainwright |
| Publisher: | Verso Books |
| Imprint: | Verso Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
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. – Peter Hudis, author of Franta Fanon: Philosopher of BarricadesThe End puts us in the middle of a fascinating conversation between Marx and Darwin that most of us hardly knew was going on. Joel Wainwright elaborates a creative and fertile relationship that reveals a fuller, natural-historical Marx–an engagement that shines a surprising, insightful and powerful new light on the present. – Geoff Mann, co-author of Climate Leviathan
About The Author
Joel Wainwright
Joel Wainwright, professor at Ohio State, is author of Geopiracy and Decolonizing Development, which won the Blaut award.
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