Bibliograph

The corporate control of life, Die Kontrolle von Konzernen uber das Leben, Vandana Shiva

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The corporate control of life, Die Kontrolle von Konzernen uber das Leben, Vandana Shiva

Language

ger

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facsimilesillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The corporate control of life

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Vandana Shiva

Series statement

100 notes--100 thoughts =, 100 Notizen--100 Gedanken, no. 012

Sub title

Die Kontrolle von Konzernen uber das Leben

Summary

"Indian physicist and activist Vandana Shiva (b.1952) demonstrates in a matter-of-fact way how corporations gain control over our lives. The patenting of life -- from bacteria and plants to cloned animals with certain genetic characteristics -- implies the reification and commercialization of life. An agreement of the World Trade Organization allows corporations to patent nearly everything we can imagine. One of the repercussions is biopiracy, the reclaiming of ancient traditional use and breeding of plants as the corporations' own "invention", as Shiva shows through the examples of the neem tree and basmati rice. The monopolization of seeds has forced farmers in large parts of India into dependence on corporations, which undermines the farmers' basis of living."--Publisher's website

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Kontrolle von Konzernen uber das LebenVandana Shiva

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