Proleptic Leadership on the Commons: Ushering in a New Global Order

Half Title Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
List of Tables and Figures
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Foreword
	Works Cited
Preface
	The Commons and Commoning
	Renewed Interest in the Commons and a Path Forward
	Leadership (Or Not) on the Commons
	Proleptic Leadership
	The Book’s Audience
Introduction to the Commons
	Contemporary Study of the Commons
	Commons as a Place or Resource
	Commons as a Resource and a Community Governing in a
Particular Way
	Commons as Social Relationships
	Commons as a Resource, A Community, and an
Emancipatory Way of Operating
	Commoning as the Critical Creative Force of the Commons
	Schism of Commons Scholars and Activists
	Framework for the Transition
	Organization and Leadership Theories
	Structure of the Book
Part I:
A Brief History of the Commons from Antiquity to Today
	Chapter 1:
Evolution of the Idea of the Commons and the First Enclosure Movement
		Historical Sketch of the Commons
		The Commons in Feudal Europe
		The Enclosure Movement in England
		Justification of Enclosure
		Resistance to Enclosure and the Moral Justification for the Commons
		The End of Land Enclosure in England
		The Commons and Enclosure Beyond England
		Gender and the Commons
		The Industrial Paradigm
	Chapter 2:
Re-Emergence of the Commons in Contemporary Society
		Tragedy of the Commons
		“Inherently Public Property” and Common Pool Resources
		The Commons in Subsistence Economies
		Proliferation of Contemporary Interest in the Commons
		The Internet as Commons
		The Knowledge and Information Commons
		The New Commons and the Transformative Power of the Commons
		Commons-Based Peer Production
		Other Commons Emerge as Part of the “New Commons”
		Urban Commons
		International Support for the Commons
		Alter-Globalization, Global Justice Movements, and
the Commons
		Groups Formed to Support the Expansion of the Commons
	Chapter 3:
The Second Enclosure Movement: Contemporary Enclosure and Commodification of the Commons
		Enclosure of Water
		Enclosure in the Agricultural Sector
		Commodities Consensus
		Enclosure of the Knowledge Commons
		Rise of the Anticommons
		Globalization and the Expansion of Intellectual Property Rights
		Neoliberalism and Enclosure of Public Property and
the Commons
		Foreclosure of the Future
		Ethical Arguments Against Enclosure
		Increasing Enclosure of the Internet
		The Digital Divide
		The Battle Against Enclosure
	Chapter 4:
Reasons for the Rise of the Commons
		Identifying Phenomena as Commons
		The Environmental Awakening
		Increasing Inequality and Changing Employment
		Internet and the Noose of Neoliberal Capitalism
		Moral Divide
		Models of Humans as Cooperative Rather than Competitive
		The Leviathan Versus the Penguin
		The Emergence of a Relational Ontology
		The Flattening of Organizations and Self-Organizing Systems
		Leadership Theory
		Networks and Network Thinking
		Collaborative Consumption and the Sharing Economy
		Crisis and Survival
		Theoretical Perspectives on the Rise of the Commons
		Capitalism and Capital Accumulation
		Pro-Capitalist Versus Anti-Capitalist Perspectives on the Commons
		Social Crisis and the Precariat
Part II:
Commoning and the Transition toa Commons-Centric Society
	Chapter 5:
Toward a Grounded Theory of Commons
		Grounded Theory Research of the Commons
		Grounded Theory of the Commons
			Sub-Variables Comprising Commoning
			Supplanting a Paradigm
			Self-protagonizing
			Resonating Self-and-Society
			Transforming
		Commoning and Community
		Commoning and Values
			From Commons to a Commons-Centric Society
	Chapter 6:
Transition to a Commons-Centric Society
		Rifkin’s Perspective
		Hardt’s and Negri’s Prspective
		Others’ Perspectives
		Consciousness, Liminality, and the Social Imaginary
		Consciousness
		Integral Theory of Consciousness
		Liminality and Social Imaginary
		Implications of this Chapter
	Chapter 7:
Commoners’ Role in the Transition
		Other Views of the Commons Transition
		The Role of Social Movements
		Complexities of Transition
	Chapter 8:
Challenges of Transitioning to a Commons-Centric Society
		Nature of Systems Change
		Complexities of the Change Process
		Marginalized Commons
		Kaleidoscope of Consciousnesses and
Western-Centric Perspective
		Insufficient Resources to Live Autonomously
		Challenges with the State
		How to Confront the State
		The Commons and the Question of Evil and Elitism
		Internal Challenges
		Gentler, Sustainable Capitalism and More
Participatory Municipalities
		Need for More Commons Self-Awareness
		Limitations of the Systems Approach
Part III:
Leading on the Commons
	Chapter 9:
Reclaiming Leadership on the Commons
		Overall Importance of Leadership
		Leaders as Catalysts, Brokers, and Political Representatives
		Leaders as Buffers and Bonding Element vis-à-vis
External Forces
		Leaders as Functional Brokers Who also Bridge
Cultural Divides
		Other Leader Catalysts
		Leaders as Political Representatives
		Mobilizing Leadership for Commons Federations
		Complex Adaptive Systems and Leading from Nature
		Network Leadership
		Complexity Leadership
		Leading from Nature
		Peer-to-Peer Leadership
		Adaptive Leadership
		System and Collective Leadership
		Transformational Leadership
		Holding the Whole
		Leadership Not Governance
		Leadership with Sociocracy and Other Communal Governance Models
		Hierarchy and Leadership
		Are Commons not Organizations?
	Chapter 10:
Proleptic Leadership
		Individual Agency is Crucial
		The Impact of the Universal on the Micro Individual Level
		Prolepsis and Leading Proleptically
		Proleptic Ethics
		Preparing Oneself to Lead Proleptically
		Opening Oneself to the Future
		Consciousness
		Leading Oneself, Leading with Others,
Leading Community Proleptically
		Leading Oneself through the Values of Commoning
		Critical Abilities of Leading Oneself
		Leading with Others Proleptically
		Leading Community (Society)
		Crisis and Proleptic Leadership
		Liminality
		Social Imaginary
	Conclusion:
Ushering in a New Global Order
References
Index