Omnia Sunt Communia: On the Commons and the Transformation to Postcapitalism - Brossura

De Angelis, Massimo

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ISBN 10: 1783600624 ISBN 13: 9781783600625

Casa editrice: Zed Books, 2017

Riassunto

In Omnia Sunt Communia, Massimo de Angelis offers a radical political economy, illuminating the steps necessary to arrive at a post-capitalist world. By conceptualizing the idea of commons not just as common goods but as a set of social systems, de Angelis shows their pervasive presence in everyday life, and he maps 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, and subjects—that explode the limits of daily life under capitalism. He exposes attempts to co-opt the commons, through the use of seemingly innocuous words such as “participation” and “governance,” and he reveals the potential for radical transformation rooted in the social reproduction of our communities, life, work, and society as a whole.
 

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Recensione:

'An ambitious and path-breaking work. While he introduces us to the main theorists of the commons, De Angelis also explores new ground. It makes for a powerful and challenging book that all educators and activists in movements for social justice should read.' Silvia Federici, author of Revolution at Point Zero: Housework, Reproduction, and Feminist Struggle 'Carefully argued and with a wealth of profound examples, this book is at once expansively curious and politically urgent. De Angelis does justice to the complex heat and light of the commons: our hidden past, our living present and our potential future.' Max Haiven, author of Crises of Imagination, Crises of Power 'De Angelis does for the commons in this book what Marx did for capitalism in Capital. Omnia Sunt Communia will be indispensable to scholars and activists grappling with the most important question of our time: what system, if any, should follow the end of capitalism?' George Caffentzis, author of In Letters of Blood and Fire: Work, Machines, and the Crisis of Capitalism 'As the crises of neoliberal capitalism deepen, Massimo De Angelis offers us a sweeping framework for understanding how commons can provide practical pathways for political and social emancipation. Timely, insightful and hopeful.' --David Bollier, author of Think Like a Commoner

L'autore:

Massimo de Angelis is professor of political economy at the University of East London and founder and editor of the online journal the commoner. His previous books include The Beginning of History.
 

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• Editore: Zed Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1783600624
• ISBN 13: 9781783600625
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 436