{"product_id":"the-privatisation-of-knowledge-jozoo-romeiro-hermeto-9783031908651","title":"The Privatisation of Knowledge: Intellectual Property and the Destruction of Collective Memory","description":"This book argues that the private appropriation of human knowledge through intellectual property gives rise to power relations, which colonise the collective mind as well as individual minds. In so doing these power relations destroy the social fabric necessary for producing and reproducing knowledge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBesides the direct impact on political-economic relations, the privatisation of knowledge distresses collective memory. The book concludes that although individual, social, and collective memories can only exist in tandem, the atrophy of the social and collective dimensions of the mind results in a sort of social dementia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Privatisation of Knowledge \u003c\/em\u003eis essential reading for all scholars and researchers of economic philosophy. It is also ideal for researchers of Marxian social science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e João Romeiro Hermeto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3031908651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783031908651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.69d","brand":"João Romeiro Hermeto","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47200967393535,"sku":"9783031908651","price":129.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a12f09c1-cf40-4989-91c0-64251aa8fdee.jpg?v=1756788439","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-privatisation-of-knowledge-jozoo-romeiro-hermeto-9783031908651","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}