Knowledge as Commons: Toward Inclusive Science and Technology by Purkayastha, Prabir

Knowledge as Commons: Toward Inclusive Science and Technology

A powerful contribution to the debate on intellectual propertyKnowledge as Commons traces the historical path towards the...
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Author: Prabir Purkayastha
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Knowledge as Commons: Toward Inclusive Science and Technology by Purkayastha, Prabir

Knowledge as Commons: Toward Inclusive Science and Technology

$37.81

Knowledge as Commons: Toward Inclusive Science and Technology

$37.81
Author: Prabir Purkayastha
Format: Paperback
Language: English

A powerful contribution to the debate on intellectual property

Knowledge as Commons
traces the historical path towards the privatization of knowledge, situating science, technology and the emergence of modern nations in a larger historical framework. Author Prabir Purkayastha asks: Do the needs of society drive science and technology? Or do developments in science and technology provide the motor force of history? Has this relationship changed over time? Purkayastha shows us that, with profit as its sole aim, capital claims to own human knowledge and its products, fencing them in with patents and intellectual property rights. Neoliberal institutions and policy diktats from the West have installed a global system in which knowledge, that limitless resource, is made artificially scarce--while limited resources such as water and clean air are treated as though they were infinite.

Arguing that rapid technological change, from pharmaceuticals to electronics, should be an opportunity to deliver quicker cures, affordable access, and global cooperation in the production of knowledge, Purkayastha examines the consequences of this privatization for universities, healthcare, distributive justice, the domestic politics of developing countries, and their prospects vis-?-vis the West.

Author: Prabir Purkayastha
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Published: 09/01/2024
Pages: 258
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.59d
ISBN: 9781685900700

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