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Nature for Sale: The Commons versus Commodities
Giovanna Ricoveri
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Description for Nature for Sale: The Commons versus Commodities
Hardback. Traces the erosion of the commons from the Industrial Revolution to today's neo-liberalism, arguing that a new commons is needed today. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: JPA; KCP; RNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Uncovering 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 through cooperatives, sustainable use of natural resources and 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 ... Read more
Uncovering 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 through cooperatives, sustainable use of natural resources and 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745333717
SKU
V9780745333717
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99-1
About Giovanna Ricoveri
Giovanna Ricoveri is a writer, activist and professional translator. She has written two books on the commons in Italian and is the founding editor of Capitalismo Natura Socialismo, which is part of the international network Capitalism, Nature, Socialism. She is the author of Nature for Sale (Pluto, 2013).
Reviews for Nature for Sale: The Commons versus Commodities
'A brilliant book ... an historical-philosophical inquiry into an alternative route to the current devastating economic and social order'
Grazia Francescato, leading environmentalist 'Explains how the disregard of subsistence commons and of nature has seriously undermined the natural cycles of matter and the complex thread through which nature organises itself'
Giorgio Nebbia, Professor Emeritus, University of Bari, Italy ... Read more
Grazia Francescato, leading environmentalist 'Explains how the disregard of subsistence commons and of nature has seriously undermined the natural cycles of matter and the complex thread through which nature organises itself'
Giorgio Nebbia, Professor Emeritus, University of Bari, Italy ... Read more