Re: [ox-en] Gift economies - again
- From: "Franz Nahrada" <f.nahrada reflex.at>
- Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:56:53 +0200
Stefan Merten wrote:
May be you are more interested in communities / groups which share
goods which are somehow limited - be it because their production
involves little or no Selbstentfaltung or because their production or
other acquiring is expensive.
expensive could also mean "requires a certain amount of time, effort,
resources"
Then in this project it would be interesting to explore how sharing
can be done under such conditions - especially whether it is somehow
possible to go without implicit or explicit personal obligations or
abstract exchange relationships. This could be interesting for
transformative strategies especially if things work on a large scale
basis.
I think the "abstract exchange relationship" is the root of "anonymous
flows".
I doubt if there is anything like this in a future society. Although I do
not
buy into the mutual obligation system that Christian Siefkes envisioned,
the
flow of material resources might be somehow directed by social preferences.
May be personal relationships / obligations are important for you?
This would probably not fit well in this project.
Gift economy is not necessary a personal or obligation issue.
Franz
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