the commoning culture
Linebaugh did a magnificent job writing this book. The scholarship is at a similar level to his "The London Hanged." Any one seriously interested in the commons as a principle and practice should read this book. The side point being that we are currently operating under the principle of privatization of the commons in every context. The material that Linebaugh brings to bear in telling the story of the commons and about a way of life, commoning. So many of the people who are currently advocating nominally in favor of the commons, seem to have little understanding about commoning. The history that Linebaugh presents indicates that privatization through theft and legislation was largely accomplished as a right of "nobility."