Free, Fair, and Alive
Autor Silke Helfrichen Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 sep 2019
The power of the commons as a free, fair system of provisioning and governance beyond capitalism, socialism, and other -isms.
An expansive, thorough, and deeply thoughtful guide to a possible future politics.
- Raj Patel, author, The Value of Nothing and Stuffed and StarvedA truly exciting glimpse into what the world after this one might look like.
- Bill McKibben, author, Falter and founder, 350.org
FROM COHOUSING and agroecology to fisheries and open-source everything, people around the world are increasingly turning to "commoning" to emancipate themselves from a predatory market-state system.
Free, Fair, and Alive presents a foundational rethinking of the commons - the self-organized social system that humans have used for millennia to meet their needs. It offers a compelling vision of a future beyond the dead-end binary of capitalism versus socialism that has almost brought the world to its knees.
Authored by two leading commons activists, this guide is a penetrating cultural critique, table-pounding political treatise, and practical playbook. Highly readable and full of colorful stories, coverage includes:
- Internal dynamics of commoning
- How the commons worldview opens up new possibilities for change
- The role of language in reorienting our perceptions and political strategies
- Seeing the potential of commoning everywhere.
Written for a popular, activist-minded audience, Free, Fair, and Alive presents a compelling narrative: that we can be free and creative people, govern ourselves through fair and accountable institutions, and experience the aliveness of authentic human presence.
An inspiring treatise for our troubled times.
- J.K. Gibson-Graham, Jenny Cameron, and Stephen Healy, authors, Take Back the EconomyA handbook for tackling seemingly intractable problems.
- Ward Cunningham, inventor of the wiki
DAVID BOLLIER is Director of the Reinventing the Commons Program at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics, and author of Think Like a Commoner. He blogs at Bollier.org and lives in Amherst, MA.
SILKE HELFRICH is an independent activist and author who cofounded the Commons Strategies Group and Commons-Institut. She blogs at commons.blog, and lives in Neudenau, Germany.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0865719217
Pagini: 448
Ilustrații: 50 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensiuni: 153 x 228 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Editura: New Society Publishers
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Cuprins
Introduction
Part I: The Commons as a Transformative Perspective 1. Commons and Commoning Commoning is Everywhere, but Widely Misunderstood What Island Is Not a Commons Commons in Real Life Zaatari Refugee Camp Buurtzorg Nederland WikiHouse Community Supported Agriculture Guifi.net Understanding Commons Holistically in the Wild
2. The OntoShift to the Commons The Window Through Which We See the World The OntoStory of the Modern West OntoStories as a Hidden Deep Dimension of Politics The Nested-I and Ubuntu Rationality: The Relational Ontology of the Commons Complexity Science and Commoning Making an OntoShift to the Commons
3. Language and the Creation of Commons Words, Terms, and Categories The Tenacity of Systems of Opinion; The Harmonyof Illusions Language and World-Making Frames, Metaphors, and the Terms of Our Cognition Language Evokes and Sustains a Worldview Keywords from a Fading Era Misleading Binaries How Commoning Moves Beyond the Open/Closed Binary Glossary of Commons-Friendly Terms
Part II: The Triad of Commoning Introduction Principles and Patterns A Word on Methodology
4. The Social Life of Commoning Cultivate Shared Purpose & Values Ritualize Togetherness Contribute Freely Practice Gentle Reciprocity Trust Situated Knowing Deepen Communion with Nature Preserve Relationships in Addressing Conflicts Reflect on Your Peer Governance
5. Peer Governance Through Commoning A Few Words About Governance Patterns of Peer Governance Bring Diversity into Shared Purpose On the Origins of Peer Governance Create Semi-permeable Membranes Honor Transparency in a Sphere of Trust Share Knowledge Generously Assure Consent in Decision Making Sociocracy and Consent-Based Decision Making Rely on Heterarchy Peer Monitor & Apply Graduated Sanctions Relationalize Property Keep Commons & Commerce Distinct Enclosures as a Threat to Commons Finance Commons Provisioning
6. Provisioning Through Commons Make & Use Together Support Care & Decommodified Work Share the Risks of Provisioning Contribute & Share Varieties of Allocation in a Commons Pool, Cap & Divide Up Pool, Cap & Mutualize Trade with Price Sovereignty Cecosesola, or How to Ignore the Market Use Convivial Tools Rely on Distributed Structures Creatively Adapt & Renew
Part III: Growing the Commonsverse Introduction
7. Rethinking Property Me, My Freedom, and My Property Property is Relational Collective Property as a Counterpoint to Individual Property? Possession is Distinct From Property Custom as Vernacular Law Inalienability: A Crucial Concept for Commoning Rediscovering the Power of Res Nullius Property and the Objectification of Social Relations
8. Relationalize Property Decommodifying a Supermarket Why Relationalize Property? A Platform Designed for Collaboration: Federated Wiki Neutralizing Capital in the Housing Market: The Mietshäuser Syndikat Story Hacking Property to Help Build Commons Platform Cooperatives Open Source Seeds Commoning Mushrooms: The Iriaiken Philosophy Building Stronger Commons Through Relationalized Property Re-Introducing Meaning Making into Modern Law
9. State Power and Commoning "The State" and "The People" Equal Under Law, Unequal in Reality Some Working Notes on State Power Beyond Reform or Revolution The Power of Commoning Revamping State Power to Support Commoning Catalyze & Propagate Establish Commons at the Macroscale Provide Infrastructures for Commoning Create New Types of Finance for the Commons Commons and Subsidiarity What about Fundamental Rights Guaranteed by the State?
10. Take Commoning to Scale Charters for Commoning Distributed Ledgers as a Platform for Commoning A Brief Explanation of Hash and Hashchain, Blockchain, and Holochain Commons-Public Partnerships Commoning at Scale
Acknowledgments Appendix A: Notes on the Methodology Used for Identifying Patterns of Commoning Appendix B: Visual Grammar for the Pattern Illustrations Appendix C: Commons and Commoning Tools Mentioned in This Book Appendix D: Elinor Ostrom's Eight Design Principles for Successful Commons and Commoning Tools Notes Index About the Authors A Note About the Publisher