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Emancipatory Strategy

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The aim of this chapter is to identify some core elements of an emancipatory strategy. This is achieved by, first, reviewing the emancipatory potential of the ethos of “the commons” for each of the three sites of domination/emancipation discussed in this work. Then, a range of undertakings that have put this ethos to work are reviewed and possible conditions for its development into a force with the potential to counter the self-evidence of the neoliberal symbolic regime are identified. The chapter ends by detailing the features of the mode of action expected to inform the narrative representation of emancipatory practices framed by the ethos of “the commons.”

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Notes

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    See Part III for a more detailed analysis of these movements.

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    They continue to rely, albeit indirectly, from capital accumulation for their self-sustenance. Mozilla Firefox, for example, draws revenues from the search functionality in its browser through partnerships with Google, Bing and Yahoo.

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    See Part II for a more detailed discussion of the interest- and value-laden character of economic rationality.

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    It is worth noting here that Habermas (1971) did not wish to regard nature as a partner in emancipation. For a critique of this claim, see Masquelier (2014).

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Masquelier, C. (2017). Emancipatory Strategy. In: Critique and Resistance in a Neoliberal Age. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-40194-6_22

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