Books

This is a place to post reviews and bibliographies.

1. Peer to Peer Book Reviews

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2. Bibliography of the Manuscript

3. Peer to Peer Bibliography

In the process of writing the book 'P2P and Human Evolution', I have compiled a rather extensive bibliography which I will eventually post here. In the mean time, here is the table of contents. If you want access to it, please send an email to michelsub2003@yahoo.com

Table of Contents

- 2.5 The Emergence of Peer to Peer and Open Source Alternatives

1. PEER TO PEER AS A TECHNOLOGY 106 2. THE FREE SOFTWARE MOVEMENT 107 3. OPEN SOURCE AS A MODE OF PRODUCTION AND P2P LEGAL INFRASTRUCTURE 110 THE P2P Legal Infrastructure 112 4. P2P FILE DISTRIBUTION AND THE CRISIS IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERY 113 5. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ALTERNATIVES 116 Understanding IP 116 6. SOCIAL NETWORKING 117 7. P2P MEDIA 118 Citizen Journalism 118 Weblogs 118 8. CREATING AND PROTECTING A CREATIVE COMMONS 119 The Information Commons 119 Related Common Informational Property Issues 120 The Physical Commons 121 9. COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE 121 9.A. Collective Intelligence Theory 121 9.B. Collective Intelliigence Practices 124 10. PEER TO PEER ECONOMICS 126 User-Centric Innovation and Capitalism 126 Bottom of the Pyradid Economic Development 126 Cooperative Economics 126 Social Capital 127 Monetary Reform / Alternative Money Systems 127 Basic Income and Universal Wage Proposals 128 Beyond Salaried Work 129 11. PARTICIPATORY POLITICS 129 11. DIALOGUE BETWEEN CULTURES AND CIVILIZATIONS 130

- 2.6 The Historical and Philosophical Context to Peer to Peer

1. THE HISTORY OF COOPERATION 131 1.A. Generalities 131 Contemporary Cooperation 131 The History of Cooperation 132 Cooperation and Technology 133 Cooperation in the Contemporary Corporation 133 1.B. The Gift Economy 133 Medieval Expressions of the Gift Economy 136 Contemporary Expressions of the Gift Economy 136 1.C. Technology and cooperation (groupware, communities of practice) 136 2. PROTECTING THE PHYSICAL COMMONS 137 3. THE HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF COMMUNITY 140 3.A. Traditional Community – Community in History 141 3.B. (Post)Modern Community 141 3.C. Debating Community 141 3.D. Special Topics 142 4. GROUP DYNAMICS 144 5. PARTICIPATIVE TECHNIQUES 146 Communities of Practice 147 Dialogue / Conversation 147 Participatory Democracy 148 Participatory Design 148 Working and Learning 148 Politics 149 Spirituality (organizing) 149 6. THE HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF EQUALITY 150 7. POWER, HIERARCHY, AUTHORITY 155 8. FREEDOM 156 9. P2P IN THE SPIRITUAL FIELD 157 Participative epistemologies 157 Participation as an organizational technique 158 Critiques of Spiritual Authoritarianism 158 10. PARTICIPATION IN THE SCIENTIFIC FIELD 159