[ox-en] book verification
- From: Michael Bouwens <michelsub2003 yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 06:33:00 -0700 (PDT)
Dear Oekonux list members,
I was just wondering, since this is one of the most
knowledgeable lists on peer production. Would anyone
be interested in reading my manuscript, say section by
section, and point out the errors, the criticisms,
etc...
If that were the case I could publish 2 sections per
week, and try to respond to the comments? Of course, I
do not want to monopolise this list and perhaps there
are better ways?
For info, this is the table of contents:
Peer to Peer and Human Evolution 1
Table of Contents 1
0. Executive Summary 3
1. Introduction 5
1.A. What this essay is about 5
1.B. Some acknowledgments 8
2. P2P as the Technological Framework of Cognitive
Capitalism 8
2.1.A. Defining P2P as the relational dynamic of
distributed networks 8
2.1.B. The emergence of peer to peer as technological
infrastructure 10
2.1.C. The construction of an alternative media
infrastructure 12
2.1.D. P2P as a global platform for autonomous
cooperation 17
2.2. Explaining the Emergence of P2P technology 20
2.3.A. Placing P2P in the context of the evolution of
technology 20
2.3.B. P2P and Technological Determinism 21
3. P2P in the Economic Sphere 24
3.1.A. Peer production as a third mode of production
24
3.1.B. The Communism of Capital, or, the cooperative
nature of cognitive capitalism 28
3.1.C. The Hacker Ethic or â??work as playâ?? 31
3.2 Explaining the Emergence of P2P Economics 33
3.2.A. Advantages of the free software/open sources
production model 33
3.2.B. How far can peer production be extended? 36
3.3 Placing the P2P Era in an evolutionary framework
38
3.3.A. The evolution of cooperation: from neutrality
to synergetics 38
3.3.B. The Evolution of Collective Intelligence 42
3.3.C. Beyond Formalization, Institutionalization,
Commodification 46
3.3.D. The Evolution of Temporality: towards an
Integral Time 49
3.4 Placing P2P in an intersubjective typology 51
3.4.A. P2P, The Gift Economy and Communal Shareholding
51
3.4.B. P2P and the Market 54
3.4.C. P2P and the Commons 56
3.4.D. Who rules? Cognitive capitalists, the vectoral
class, or netocrats? 58
3.4.E. The emergence of a netarchy 60
4. P2P in the Political Sphere 64
4.1.A. The Alterglobalisation Movement 64
4.1.B. The â??Coordinationâ?? format 66
4.1.C. Peer Governance as a third mode of governance
66
4.1.D. New conceptions of social and political
struggle 68
4.1.E. New lines of contention: Information Commons
vs. New Enclosures 69
4.2.A. De-Monopolization of Power 72
4.2.B. Equality, Hierarchy, Freedom 73
4.3. Evolutionary Conceptions of Power and Hierarchy
75
5. "Network Theory" or: The Discovery of P2P
principles in the Cosmic Sphere 79
5.1.A. Distributed networks and 'Small World' theory
80
5.1.B. Equipotentiality vs. the Power Law 81
6. P2P in the Sphere of Culture and Self 83
6.1.A. A new articulation between the individual and
the collective 83
6.1.B. Towards â??contributoryâ?? dialogues of
civilizations and religions 86
6.1.C. Participative Spirituality and the Critique of
Spiritual Authoritarianism 87
6.1.D. Partnering with nature and the cosmos 88
6.1.E. The Emergence of Peer Circles 90
7. P2P and Social Change 91
7.1.A. Marginal trend or premise of new civilization?
91
7.1.B. P2P, Postmodernity, Cognitive Capitalism:
within and beyond 94
7.1.C. Three scenarios of co-existence 96
7.1.D. Possible political strategies 97
Appendix 1: Methodology for Research and
Interpretation of P2P Theory 99
A. The use of a integral framework 99
B. The Sociology of Form and Fiske's Intersubjective
Typology 102
Appendix 2. Launch of The Foundation for P2P
Alternatives 103
Appendix 3: The P2P Meme Map 104
Appendix 4: Reactions to the Essay: Kudo's 108
BIBLIOGRAPHY 111
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