Enclosure makes private property from what was freely shared

Evidence

Practices and ideologies of enclosure do not arise from some part of humans’ essential individualistic “nature.” They are culturally created and maintained, and they contradict those collaborative interdependent relationships that help us to survive. As you can see, much of the process of enclosure involves making private property out of what was once freely shared. A central aspect of this “privatization” involves the process of “monetization,” or putting a price on things that once were available to all. Another way to see it is as “commodification,” or turning things— both alive and not—into products to be sold on the market (refer back to Chapter 3 and our discussion of discourses and root metaphors). — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 1376

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Mixing one’s labor with nature generates private property — John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, 36; Property rights are limited to what one can use before spoilage — John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, 40

Broader Connections

• Mixing one’s labor with nature generates private property #expands (0.78) — John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, 36
• Property rights are limited to what one can use before spoilage #qualifies (0.72) — John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, 40