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2 the Work Done by Animals: Identifying and Understanding Animals’ Work Notes 2 The Work Done by Animals: Identifying and Understanding Animals’ Work 1 . T his book has also been published as Counting for Nothing: What Men Value and What Women are Worth . Some neo-Marxists and ecological economists have explored and debated questions of value, as well. See, for instance, Paul Burkett, “Nature’s ‘Free Gifts’ and the Ecological Significance of Value,” Capital & Class 23, no. 2 (1999): 89–110. 2 . See Ryan Gunderson, “The First-Generation Frankfurt School on the Animal Question: Foundations for a Normative Sociological Animal Studies,” Sociological Perspectives 57, no. 3 (2014): 285–300 for a good discussion of the cultural Marxists of the Frankfurt School and their ideas on animals; and “Marx’s Comments on Animal Welfare,” Rethinking Marxism 23(4): 543–8 for discussion of Marx’s views on animal welfare organizations. Anifesto: The Promise of Interspecies Solidarity 1 . 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