Extinction

This is a new edition of Ashley Dawson's eye-opening Extinction contains an extensive, new introduction by the author. Dawson asserts that the catastrophic extinction rate is the product of a global attack on the commons, the great trove of air, water, plants and creatures, as well as collectively created cultural forms such as language, that have been regarded traditionally as the inheritance of humanity as a whole. He argues that capitalism is behind the relentless extinction that is leading to the earth losing about a hundred species a day.The book continues to receive media attention and was most recently recommended in Forbes.