The Monster Enters

COVID-19, Avian Flu, and the Plagues of Capitalism

Mike Davis

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Verso Books
03 May 2022

Impact of science & technology on society; Environmentalist thought & ideology; Social impact of environmental issues; Agricultural science

Series: The Essential Mike Davis

In his book, The Monster at Our Door,

the renowned activist and author Mike Davis warned of a coming global threat of viral catastrophes. Now in this expanded edition of that 2005 book, Davis explains how the problems he warned of remain, and he sets the COVID-19

pandemic in the

context of previous disastrous outbreaks, notably the 1918 influenza

disaster that killed at least forty million people in three months and

the Avian flu of a decade and a half ago.

In language both accessible and authoritative, The Monster Enters

surveys the scientific and political roots of today’s viral apocalypse.

In doing so it exposes the key roles of agribusiness and the fast-food

industries, abetted by corrupt governments and a capitalist global

system careening out of control, in creating the ecological

pre-conditions for a plague that has brought much of human existence to a

juddering halt.

By: Mike Davis
Imprint: Verso Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 182g
ISBN: 9781839765650
ISBN 10: 1839765658
Series: The Essential Mike Davis
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 03 May 2022
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mike Davis is the author of City of Quartz, Late Victorian Holocausts, Buda’s Wagon, and Planet of Slums. He is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and the Lannan Literary Award.

Reviews for The Monster Enters: COVID-19, Avian Flu, and the Plagues of Capitalism

Mike Davis's The Monster at our Door...gives me everything that the news cycle doesn't: a sense of the interconnected forces and the history that set us up for what we're experiencing. -- Molly Dektar * Vogue * [A] tour de force... Read Mike Davis' new updated book before the monster rebounds and we spiral down again. * Counterpunch * Provocative and controversial, as always, and a worthy addition to the literature of plague and pestilence. * Kirkus Reviews *