Nature for Sale
The Commons versus Commodities
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Word Count
38,000 words, Guess
Page Count
152 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL27593070M
- ISBN-139780745333717
- ISBN-100745333710
- OCLC Control Number828056310
- Library of Congress Control Number2013370957
and 1 more
- Amazon0745333710
Classifications
- LCCHD1286 .R5313 2013
Description
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. 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. 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.
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