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Free, Fair, and Alive: The Insurgent Power of the Commons Paperback - 2019
by David Bollier; Silke Helfrich
A penetrating cultural critique, table-pounding political treatise, and practical playbook for "commoning," this volume presents a bold and compelling alternative to the dead-end, predatory market-state system.
From the rear cover
The power of the commons as a free, fair system of provisioning and governance beyond capitalism, socialism, and other -isms.
An expansive, thorough, and deeply thoughtful guide to a possible future politics.
-- Raj Patel, author, The Value of Nothing and Stuffed and Starved
A truly exciting glimpse into what the world after this one might look like.
-- Bill McKibben, author, Falter and founder, 350.org
FROM COHOUSING and agroecology to fisheries and open-source everything, people around the world are increasingly turning to "commoning" to emancipate themselves from a predatory market-state system.
Free, Fair, and Alive presents a foundational rethinking of the commons -- the self-organized social system that humans have used for millennia to meet their needs. It offers a compelling vision of a future beyond the dead-end binary of capitalism versus socialism that has almost brought the world to its knees.
Authored by two leading commons activists, this guide is a penetrating cultural critique, table-pounding political treatise, and practical playbook. Highly readable and full of colorful stories, coverage includes:
- Internal dynamics of commoning
- How the commons worldview opens up new possibilities for change
- The role of language in reorienting our perceptions and political strategies
- Seeing the potential of commoning everywhere.
Written for a popular, activist-minded audience, Free, Fair, and Alive presents a compelling narrative: that we can be free and creative people, govern ourselves through fair and accountable institutions, and experience the aliveness of authentic human presence.
An inspiring treatise for our troubled times.
-- J.K. Gibson-Graham, Jenny Cameron, and Stephen Healy, authors, Take Back the Economy
A handbook for tackling seemingly intractable problems.
-- Ward Cunningham, inventor of the wiki
DAVID BOLLIER is Director of the Reinventing the Commons Program at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics, and author of Think Like a Commoner. He blogs at Bollier.org and lives in Amherst, MA.
SILKE HELFRICH is an independent activist and author who cofounded the Commons Strategies Group and Commons-Institut. She blogs at commons.blog, and lives in Neudenau, Germany.
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- Title Free, Fair, and Alive: The Insurgent Power of the Commons
- Author David Bollier; Silke Helfrich
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 448
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher New Society Publishers
- Date 2019-09-03
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Glossary, Illustrated, Unabridged
- ISBN 9780865719217 / 0865719217
- Weight 1.5 lbs (0.68 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.1 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.79 cm)
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