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Peer to Peer - (Critical, Digital and Social Media Studies) by Michel Bauwens & Vasilis Kostakis & Alex Pazaitis (Paperback)

Peer to Peer - (Critical, Digital and Social Media Studies) by  Michel Bauwens & Vasilis Kostakis & Alex Pazaitis (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Peer to peer is a type of social relations in human networks, as well as a technological infrastructure that makes the generalization and scaling up of such relations possible. Thus, peer to peer enables a new mode of production and creates the potential for a transition to a commons-oriented economy.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Not since Marx identified the manufacturing plants of Manchester as the blueprint for the new capitalist society has there been a more profound transformation of the fundamentals of our social life. As capitalism faces a series of structural crises, a new social, political and economic dynamic is emerging: peer to peer.</p><p>What is peer to peer? Why is it essential for building a commons-centric future? How could this happen? These are the questions this book tries to answer. Peer to peer is a type of social relations in human networks, as well as a technological infrastructure that makes the generalization and scaling up of such relations possible. Thus, peer to peer enables a new mode of production and creates the potential for a transition to a commons-oriented economy.</p>

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