In this weaving of radical political economy, Omnia Sunt Communia sets out the steps to postcapitalism. By conceptualising the commons not just as common goods but as a set of social systems, Massimo De Angelis shows their pervasive presence in everyday life, mapping out a strategy for total social transformation.

From the micro to the macro, De Angelis unveils the commons as fields of power relations - shared space, objects, subjects - that explode the limits of daily life under capitalism. He exposes attempts to co-opt the commons, through the use of code words such as 'participation' and 'governance', and reveals the potential for radical transformation rooted in the reproduction of our communities, of life, of work and of society as a whole.



Autorentext

Massimo De Angelis is professor of political economy at the University of East London, and founder and editor of the web journal The Commoner (www.thecommoner.org). His previous books include The Beginning of History (2007).



Zusammenfassung
In this weaving of radical political economy, Omnia Sunt Communia sets out the steps to postcapitalism. By conceptualising the commons not just as common goods but as a set of social systems, Massimo De Angelis shows their pervasive presence in everyday life, mapping out a strategy for total social transformation.From the micro to the macro, De Angelis unveils the commons as fields of power relations shared space, objects, subjects that explode the limits of daily life under capitalism. He exposes attempts to co-opt the commons, through the use of code words such as 'participation' and 'governance', and reveals the potential for radical transformation rooted in the reproduction of our communities, of life, of work and of society as a whole.

Inhalt

Introduction
Part One: Commons as systems
1. Common goods
2. Systems
3. Elements

Part Two: From Elinor Ostrom to Karl Marx
4. Commons governance
5. The money nexus and the commons formula

Part Three: Commoning: the source of grassroots power
6. Mobilising social labour for commoning
7. The production of autonomy, boundaries and sense

Part Four: Social change
8. Boundary commoning
9. Commons and capital/state
10. Towards postcapitalism

Titel
Omnia Sunt Communia
Untertitel
On the Commons and the Transformation to Postcapitalism
EAN
9781783600656
Format
E-Book (pdf)
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Anzahl Seiten
458