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This book builds on the idea that peer-to-peer infrastructures are gradually becoming the general conditions of work, economy, and society. Using a four-scenario approach, the authors seek to simplify possible outcomes and to explore relevant trajectories of the current techno-economic paradigm within and beyond capitalism.

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PART I: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 1. Capitalism as a Creative Destruction System 2. Beyond the End of History: Three Competing Value Models 3. The P2P Infrastructures: Two Axes and Four Quadrants PART II: COGNITIVE CAPITALISM 4. Netarchical Capitalism 5. Distributed Capitalism 6. The Social Dynamics of the Mixed Model of Neo-feudal Cognitive Capitalism PART III: THE HYPOTHETICAL MODEL OF MATURE PEER PRODUCTION: TOWARDS A COMMONS-ORIENTED ECONOMY AND SOCIETY 7. Resilient Communities 8. Global Commons 9. Transition Proposals Towards a Commons-oriented Economy and Society Conclusions

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      Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan UK
      Publication Date: 8/22/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781137415066, 978-1137415066
      ISBN10: 1137415061
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      Book Synopsis
      This book builds on the idea that peer-to-peer infrastructures are gradually becoming the general conditions of work, economy, and society. Using a four-scenario approach, the authors seek to simplify possible outcomes and to explore relevant trajectories of the current techno-economic paradigm within and beyond capitalism.

      Table of Contents
      PART I: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 1. Capitalism as a Creative Destruction System 2. Beyond the End of History: Three Competing Value Models 3. The P2P Infrastructures: Two Axes and Four Quadrants PART II: COGNITIVE CAPITALISM 4. Netarchical Capitalism 5. Distributed Capitalism 6. The Social Dynamics of the Mixed Model of Neo-feudal Cognitive Capitalism PART III: THE HYPOTHETICAL MODEL OF MATURE PEER PRODUCTION: TOWARDS A COMMONS-ORIENTED ECONOMY AND SOCIETY 7. Resilient Communities 8. Global Commons 9. Transition Proposals Towards a Commons-oriented Economy and Society Conclusions

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