From Capital to Commons
Exploring the Promise of a World beyond Capitalism
Seiten
2023
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-2453-5 (ISBN)
Bristol University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5292-2453-5 (ISBN)
This stimulating analysis from Hannes Gerhardt shows how technology-led and commons-oriented strategies can create fairer economies and societies. Setting out the role of various digital tools with concrete examples of their value, it is a constructive and optimistic guide to overcoming anti-capitalist barriers.
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title in Economics 2023.
In this stimulating analysis, Hannes Gerhardt outlines the potentials and challenges of a technology-enabled, commons-focused transition out of capitalism.
The book shows that openness and cooperation are more beneficial in today’s economies and societies than competition and profit-seeking. Driven by this conviction, Gerhardt identifies key imperatives for overcoming capitalism, from democratizing our digital, material, and financial economies to maintaining a robust, political mobilization. Using clear examples, he explores tactical openings through the lens of ‘compeerism’, a newly constructed framework that highlights the latent counter-capitalist possibilities, but also limits, of our emerging technological landscape.
This is an accessible contribution to counter-capitalist discourse that is both inspiring and pragmatic for academics and activists alike.
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title in Economics 2023.
In this stimulating analysis, Hannes Gerhardt outlines the potentials and challenges of a technology-enabled, commons-focused transition out of capitalism.
The book shows that openness and cooperation are more beneficial in today’s economies and societies than competition and profit-seeking. Driven by this conviction, Gerhardt identifies key imperatives for overcoming capitalism, from democratizing our digital, material, and financial economies to maintaining a robust, political mobilization. Using clear examples, he explores tactical openings through the lens of ‘compeerism’, a newly constructed framework that highlights the latent counter-capitalist possibilities, but also limits, of our emerging technological landscape.
This is an accessible contribution to counter-capitalist discourse that is both inspiring and pragmatic for academics and activists alike.
Hannes Gerhardt is Professor of Geography at the University of West Georgia.
Introduction
PART I: Contemporary Capitalism and the Promise of the Digital Revolution
1. Theorizing Capitalism and its Demise
2. The Digital Commons' Elusive Potential
3. Taking Back the Interest
PART II: The Material Economy and the Commons
4. Democratizing Infrastructure
5. The Promise of 'Design Global, Manufacture Local'
6. Contending With the Limits of Our Natural World
PART III: Money and Value
7. Coping With Money's Monopoly on Value
8. Reinventing Money's Role in the Economy
PART IV: In Pursuit of a Post-Capitalist Future
9. Compeerists of the World Unite!
10. A Compeerist Society
Conclusion
| Erscheinungsdatum | 20.07.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century |
| Zusatzinfo | Not illustrated |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5292-2453-5 / 1529224535 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5292-2453-5 / 9781529224535 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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