Commonism
A New Aesthetics of the Real
ed. by Nico Dockx and Pascal Gielen

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Editor(s)

Nico Dockx, Pascal Gielen

Publication, year

Amsterdam : Valiz, 2018

Scope

448 Pages, illustrated, 21 cm.

ISBN

9789492095473

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After half a century of neoliberalism, a new radical, practice-based ideology is making its way from the margins: commonism, based on the values of sharing, common (intellectual) ownership and new social co-operations. Commoners assert that social relationships can replace money (contract) relationships. They advocate solidarity and they trust in peer-to-peer relationships to develop new ways of production. 'Commonism' maps those new ideological thoughts. How do they work and, especially, what is their aesthetics? How do they shape the reality of our living together? Is there another, more just future imaginable through the commons? What strategies and what aesthetics do commoners adopt?

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Person as subject

Rudi Laermans, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Liam Gillick

Location

Cabinet 31 - 4: Sociale praktijk

Remarks

Incl. Index