Peer to Peer: The Commons Manifesto

Peer to Peer: The Commons Manifesto
ISBN-10
1911534785
ISBN-13
9781911534785
Category
Social Science
Pages
102
Language
English
Published
2019-03-20
Publisher
University of Westminster Press
Authors
Michel Bauwens, Vasilis Kostakis, Alex Pazaitis

Description

Not since Marx identified the manufacturing plants of Manchester as the blueprint for the new capitalist society has there been a more profound transformation of the fundamentals of our social life. As capitalism faces a series of structural crises, a new social, political and economic dynamic is emerging: peer to peer. What is peer to peer? Why is it essential for building a commons-centric future? How could this happen? These are the questions this book tries to answer. Peer to peer is a type of social relations in human networks, as well as a technological infrastructure that makes the generalization and scaling up of such relations possible. Thus, peer to peer enables a new mode of production and creates the potential for a transition to a commons-oriented economy.

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