TY - BOOK AU - Bauwens, Michel AU - Kostakis, Vasilis AU - Pazaitis, Alex PY - 2019 TI - Peer to Peer T1 - The Commons Manifesto AB - 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.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. PB - University of Westminster Press CY - London KW - innovation KW - P2P KW - digital technology KW - capitalism KW - commons KW - peer to peer SN - 978-1-911534-77-8 SN - 978-1-911534-78-5 SN - 978-1-911534-79-2 SN - 978-1-911534-80-8 DO - 10.16997/book33 SE - 102