The Critique of Commodification

The Critique of Commodification
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9780197576786
ISBN-13 : 0197576788
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Book Synopsis The Critique of Commodification by : Christoph Hermann

Download or read book The Critique of Commodification written by Christoph Hermann and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-07-05 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years activists around the globe have challenged the commodification of water, education, health care, and other essential goods, while academics have warned from unintended effects when everything can be bought and sold. But what is commodification? And what is the problem with commodification? In The Critique of Commodification, Christoph Hermann argues that commodification entails production for profit rather than social needs, and that production for profit has a number of harmful effects, including the exclusion of those who cannot pay, the marginalization of those whose collective purchasing power is not large enough, and the focus on highly profitable forms of production over more socially beneficial and ecologically sustainable alternatives. Drawing upon and extending the work of Marx, Polyani, and Luxemburg, Hermann goes beyond the standard moral critiques of markets and adopts a materialist approach to emphasize the dispossession of public resources and to highlight how goods and services are altered when sold on markets for profit. Tracing the intellectual history of the term commodification, this book not only criticizes commodification, but also proposes a new model for production that focuses on needs rather than profits.


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