Open AccessPractices of Conviviality and the Social and Political Theory of Convivialism
Author(s) -
Frank Adloff
Publication year - 2018
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.46877/adloff.2018.03
Subject(s) - prosperity , manifesto , normative , politics , remuneration , order (exchange) , social practice , sociology , epistemology , political science , social science , law , economics , history , performance art , philosophy , finance , art history
The working paper firstly discusses the Convivialist Manifesto which was published by a group of French academics in 2013. Secondly, the concepts of convivialism as a social and political theory and conviviality as a lived practice are compared. Finally, a normative model of modes of conviviality is developed. Associative self-organisation is decisive for the theory and practice of conviviality. Exchange without remuneration and self-organised gathering can be seen as the basis of a convivial social order which is differentiated from a solely material and monetarily defined version of prosperity and the good life.