The Privatisation of Knowledge: Intellectual Property and the Destruction of Collective Memory

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João Romeiro Hermeto

The Privatisation of Knowledge

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Intellectual Property and the Destruction of Collective Memory

João Romeiro Hermeto

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English

Palgrave Macmillan
23 July 2025

Social & political philosophy; Economic theory & philosophy

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.

Besides 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.

The Privatisation of Knowledge is essential reading for all scholars and researchers of economic philosophy. It is also ideal for researchers of Marxian social science.

By: João Romeiro Hermeto
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm,
ISBN: 9783031908651
ISBN 10: 3031908651
Pages: 285
Publication Date: 23 July 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

João Romeiro Hermeto is Visiting Scholar at Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy.