[P2P-F] Buddhism_and_Peer_to_Peer

[Michel Bauwens]

http://p2pfoundation.net/Buddhism_and_Peer_to_Peer

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From: Nicolás Mendoza <nicolasmendo at gmail.com>
Date: 2011/9/24
Subject: Re: Exchanges Africa-Asia-Europe in a perspective of common
wellbeing
To: Darwis KHUDORI <emdeka at free.fr>
Cc: pacivis01 at ui.ac.id, secretariat at bandungspirit.org


Dear Darwis,

Thank you for your reply. The following is the full abstract of my Masters
thesis:

Awakening from Capitalism
An exploration of merit economy as an alternative to a system of crisis

Globally, capitalism disarrays communities and the environment through its
logic of growth and production of desire. Its empire expands within the
individual through ontological imperialism of time and mind, a modality that
is made potent by the widespread of ICTs like the Internet. On the other
hand, by enabling the development of a 'third mode' of production known as
peer production or P2P, ICT shows emancipatory potential. P2P production
relies on the collaboration of equipotential participants and therefore
understanding generosity can be key in consolidating its long term success.
Because they are based on equally materialistic ontology, communism and
Marxist thought in general are an alternative to capitalism only
superficially. Thus we propose to study the Buddhist arrangement as a more
legitimate alternative insomuch as it is rooted in non-materialism that
assigns no less reality to mind than to matter. Therefore, this thesis
searches for the foundations of alternatives for the future at the
intersection of Buddhist sociology and New Media theory. ANT analysis of a
project led by monks in Sri Lanka consisting of saving cows from death in
the slaughterhouse results in the concept of merit economy, a social
agreement that fosters well-being through collective generosity. Guidelines
for the translation of merit economy into ICT mediated communities are
proposed.
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