Perspectives on Commoning (eBook)

Autonomist Principles and Practices

Andy Hilton, Guido Ruivenkamp (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
484 Seiten
Zed Books (Verlag)
978-1-78699-181-2 (ISBN)

Infos

In the wake of socialism's demise and liberalism's loss of direction, new ideas are needed for the next major realignment of the social and political domain. Making a unique contribution to the idea of 'the commons', this book offers a radical form of direct democracy with real-world implications. But whereas much of the current scholarship has looked at the commons from the perspective of governance, this book instead focuses on 'commoning' as social practice. Perspectives on Commoning argues that the commons are not just resources external to us, but are a function or characterisation of what we do. Thus, we can talk of the act of commoning, positioning our behaviour beyond the domains of the private and the public, beyond the dichotomy of capitalism versus socialism.Covering everything from biopolitics to urban spaces, this impressive range of international contributors address the commons as both theory and history, providing a useful review of current conceptions as well as practical proposals for the future. A unique consolidation of philosophy, sociology and economics, the book shows how a new understanding of the commons as practice will help to achieve its full emancipatory potential.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.9.2017
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
• Schlagworte: Anarchism: A Very Short Introduction • Capital • Common Space • communism • Elinor Ostrom • Elinor Ostrom's Rules for Radicals • food sovereignty • George Caffentzis • governing the commons • In Letters of Blood and Fire • Marxism • Omnia Sunt Communia • On Anarchism • Postcapitalism • Profit Over People • social labour • Systems Theory • The Future of the Commons • Understanding Knowledge as a Commons • Who Rules the World?
• ISBN-10: 1-78699-181-0 / 1786991810
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78699-181-2 / 9781786991812