Sharing, togetherness and intentional degrowth

This article proposes a social phenomenology of intentional sharing and togetherness from a degrowth perspective: extending human relations instead of market relations; deepening democracy; defending ecosystems; and realizing a more equal global distribution of wealth. Social phenomenology looks bey...

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Published inProgress in human geography Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 256 - 275
Main Author Jarvis, Helen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.04.2019
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Consumption
Cooperation
Democracy
Dismantling
Ecosystems
Ethical consumerism
Housing cooperatives
Human geography
Human relations
Income distribution
Personal relationships
Phenomenology
Privatization
Sharing economy
Social construction
Wealth
degrowth
association
togetherness
sharing
intention
social phenomenology
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Summary:This article proposes a social phenomenology of intentional sharing and togetherness from a degrowth perspective: extending human relations instead of market relations; deepening democracy; defending ecosystems; and realizing a more equal global distribution of wealth. Social phenomenology looks beyond individual mutual exchange to the rich but fragile social construction of collectively negotiated ethical purpose. Intentional communities of cohousing are identified as part of a solution to dismantle privatized, conspicuous consumption. This approach challenges the tendency in popular sharing economy discourse to conflate different types of togetherness, highlighting instead the social significance of skilful cooperation and conviviality in groups and associations.
ISSN:0309-1325
1477-0288
DOI:10.1177/0309132517746519