this was done upon request of Evi Swinnen, our P2P Foundation chairperson and co-initiator of the School of Commons in the Flanders, which took off recently generating high interest.
As we are moving to chaotic times, a longer term historical frame can help us maintain, the longer term optimism of the will, while we have to make do with the more short-term pessimism of the intellect.
These books should help you make sense of the coming chaotic transition, and to see the light at the end of the tunnel. The commons-bases society that has learned to live within ecological and thermo-dynamic constraints <is> coming, but its birth won't be easy. The good news is that we have done this more than once in our common history.
The annotated bibliography will have 3 parts, this is just the first one, generating a contextual understanding for a better understanding of the place of the commons in human history.
I really think you should make time in your life, to read these specific books.
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