Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction - Of Spider-Goats and Mechanical Monsters -- 1 - Marx and the Unique Nature of Industrial Capitalism -- 2 - Conceptualizing Living Factories -- 3 - Harnessing Life Itself as a Productive Force -- 4 - Breaking the Machine Metaphor:...

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