Free, Fair, and Alive - by David Bollier & Silke Helfrich (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A penetrating cultural critique, table-pounding political treatise, and practical playbook for "commoning," this volume presents a bold and compelling alternative to the dead-end, predatory market-state system.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>The power of the commons as a free, fair system of provisioning and governance beyond capitalism, socialism, and other -isms.</strong></p><p>From co-housing and agroecology to fisheries and open-source everything, people around the world are increasingly turning to 'commoning' to emancipate themselves from a predatory market-state system.</p><p><em>Free, Fair, and Alive </em>presents a foundational re-thinking of the commons -- the self-organized social system that humans have used for millennia to meet their needs. It offers a compelling vision of a future beyond the dead-end binary of capitalism versus socialism that has almost brought the world to its knees. </p><p>Written by two leading commons activists of our time, this guide is a penetrating cultural critique, table-pounding political treatise, and practical playbook. Highly readable and full of colorful stories, coverage includes: </p><ul> <li>Internal dynamics of commoning </li> <li>How the commons worldview opens up new possibilities for change </li> <li>Role of language in reorienting our perceptions and political strategies </li> <li>Seeing the potential of commoning everywhere. </li></ul><p><em>Free, Fair, and Alive </em>provides a fresh, non-academic synthesis of contemporary commons written for a popular, activist-minded audience. It presents a compelling narrative: that we can be free and creative people, govern ourselves through fair and accountable institutions, and experience the aliveness of authentic human presence. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p><b>The power of the commons as a free, fair system of provisioning and governance beyond capitalism, socialism, and other -isms.</b></p><p> <i>An expansive, thorough, and deeply thoughtful guide to a possible future politics.</i><br>-- Raj Patel, author, <i>The Value of Nothing</i> and <i>Stuffed and Starved</i></p><p><i> A truly exciting glimpse into what the world after this one might look like.</i><br>-- Bill McKibben, author, <i>Falter </i>and founder, 350.org</p><p> FROM COHOUSING and agroecology to fisheries and open-source everything, people around the world are increasingly turning to commoning to emancipate themselves from a predatory market-state system.</p><p><i> Free, Fair, and Alive </i>presents a foundational rethinking of the commons -- the self-organized social system that humans have used for millennia to meet their needs. It offers a compelling vision of a future beyond the dead-end binary of capitalism versus socialism that has almost brought the world to its knees.</p><p> Authored by two leading commons activists, this guide is a penetrating cultural critique, table-pounding political treatise, and practical playbook. Highly readable and full of colorful stories, coverage includes: </p><ul><li> Internal dynamics of commoning</li><li> How the commons worldview opens up new possibilities for change</li><li> The role of language in reorienting our perceptions and political strategies</li><li> Seeing the potential of commoning everywhere.</li></ul><p> Written for a popular, activist-minded audience, <i>Free, Fair, and Alive </i>presents a compelling narrative: that we can be free and creative people, govern ourselves through fair and accountable institutions, and experience the aliveness of authentic human presence.</p><p><i>An inspiring treatise for our troubled times.</i><br>-- J.K. Gibson-Graham, Jenny Cameron, and Stephen Healy, authors, <i>Take Back the Economy</i></p><p><i> A handbook for tackling seemingly intractable problems.</i><br>-- Ward Cunningham, inventor of the wiki</p><p> <b>DAVID BOLLIER</b> is Director of the Reinventing the Commons Program at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics, and author of <i>Think Like a Commoner</i>. He blogs at Bollier.org and lives in Amherst, MA.</p><p><b> SILKE HELFRICH </b>is an independent activist and author who cofounded the Commons Strategies Group and Commons-Institut. She blogs at commons.blog, and lives in Neudenau, Germany.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><strong>David Bollier </strong>is an activist, scholar, and blogger who is focused on the commons as a new/old paradigm for re-imagining economics, politics, and culture. He pursues his commons scholarship and activism as Director of the Reinventing the Commons Program at the Schumacher Center for a New Economics and as cofounder of the Commons Strategies Group, an international advocacy project. Author of <em>Think Like a Commoner </em>and other books, he blogs at www.Bollier.org, and lives in Amherst, MA. </p><p><strong>Silke Helfrich </strong>is an independent activist, author, scholar, and speaker. She cofounded the Commons Strategies Group and Commons-Institute, was former head of the regional office of Heinrich Böll Foundation for Central America, Cuba, and Mexico, and holds degrees in Romance languages/pedagogy and in social sciences. Helfrich is the editor and co-author of several books on the Commons, and she blogs at www.commons.blog. She lives in Neudenau, Germany. </p>
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