Network Society and Future Scenarios for a Collaborative Economy

by Michaël Bauwens, Vasilis Kostakis, Michel Bauwens

Book Overview

The aim of this book is not to provide yet another critique of capitalism but rather to contribute to the ongoing dialogue for post-capitalist construction, and to discuss how another world could be possible. It builds on the idea that peer-to-peer infrastructures are gradually becoming the general conditions of work, economy, and society, considering peer production as a social advancement within capitalism but with various post-capitalistic aspects...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137415061
• ISBN13: 9781137415066
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 97 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"