[P2P-F] Fwd: New From Pluto Press - Nature for Sale: The Commons versus Commodities

[edubraat at dds.nl]

Hi,
I happen to have read the original article The Tragedy of the Commons  
by Garrett Hardin (Science, 13 december 1968) the other night (you'll  
find it on the net) and it argues that the commons is only a good idea  
as long as the community is small and everybody knows each other, so  
ca. 150 people (the Dunbar number). Once it gets bigger, problems  
arise which just can't be solved.

Best regards,
Edu Braat,
founder of Workpatch, member of Share.nl, the Dutch P2P foundation

Quoting Michel Bauwens <michel at p2pfoundation.net>:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jon Wheatley <jonw at plutobooks.com>
> Date: Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 5:35 PM
> Subject: New From Pluto Press - Nature for Sale: The Commons versus
> Commodities
> To: Jon Wheatley <jonw at plutobooks.com>
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> -- Traces the erosion of the commons from the Industrial Revolution to
> today?s neo-liberalism, arguing that a new commons is needed today.  --
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> *Nature for Sale:
> The Commons versus
> Commodities*
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> *Giovanna Ricoveri*
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> *Foreword by** Vandana Shiva*
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> *Out Now*
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> PB / £14.99 / 9780745333700 / 215mm x 135mm  /  June 13
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> *This book fills a gap, as it allows to understand the foundations for
> waging a survival struggle against an encroaching climate. It will help
> readers to penetrate the systematic nature of the war against Nature and it
> can be a very useful tool in strengthening the movements to stop the
> assault.*
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> *Saul Landau, Vice Chair of the Institute for Policy Studies, Berkeley*
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> *An historical-philosophical inquiry into an alternative route to the
> current devastating economic and social order. Written by one of the
> leading intellectuals of the Italian left, among the first in Europe to
> deal with political ecology issues.*
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> *Grazia Francescato, leading environmentalist and previous leader of the
> Italian Green Party*
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> Nature for Sale uncovers the rich heritage of common ownership which
> existed before the dominance of capitalist property relations. Giovanna
> Ricoveri argues that the subsistence commons of the past can be reinvented
> today to provide an alternative to the current destructive economic order.
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> Ricoveri outlines the distinct features of common ownership as it has
> existed in history: cooperation, sustainable use of natural resources and
> decision-making through direct democracy. In doing so, she shows how it is
> possible to provide goods and services which are not commodities exchanged
> on the capitalistic market, something still demonstrated today in village
> communities across the global South.
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> Tracing the erosion of the commons from the European enclosures at the dawn
> of the Industrial Revolution to the new enclosures of modern capitalism,
> the book concludes by arguing that a new commons is needed today. It will
> be essential reading for activists as well as students and academics in
> history, politics, economics and development studies.
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> *Giovanna Ricoveri is a writer and activist. She is the author of a book on
> the commons in Italian, Beni comuni vs Merci (2010) and editor of Beni
> comuni tra tradizione e futuro (2005). She is the founding editor of
> Capitalismo Natura Socialismo, which is part of the international network
> Capitalism Nature Socialism.*
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> *For further information, to request a review copy or to speak to the
> author please contact Jon Wheatley at jonw at plutobooks.com or on 0208 374
> 6424*
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