SURVIVING THE FUTURE: CULTURE, CARNIVAL AND CAPITAL IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE MARKET ECONOMY

Book ID/图书代码： 03008015B84360

English Summary/英文概要： Surviving the Future is a story drawn from the fertile ground of the late David Fleming’s extraordinary Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It. That hardback consists of four hundred and seventy-two interlinked dictionary entries, inviting readers to choose their own path through its radical vision.

Recognizing that Lean Logic’s sheer size and unusual structure can be daunting, Fleming’s long-time collaborator Shaun Chamberlin has selected and edited one of these potential narratives to create Surviving the Future. The content, rare insights, and uniquely enjoyably writing style remain Fleming’s, but are presented here at a more accessible paperback-length and in conventional read-it-front-to-back format.

The subtitle—Culture, Carnival and Capital in the Aftermath of the Market Economy—hints at Fleming’s vision. He believed that the market economy will not survive its inherent flaws beyond the early decades of this century, and that its failure will bring great challenges, but he did not dwell on this: “We know what we need to do. We need to build the sequel, to draw on inspiration which has lain dormant, like the seed beneath the snow.”

This is the world that many of us want to live in, yet we are told it is idealistic and unrealistic. With an evident mastery of both economic theory and historical precedent, Fleming shows that it is not only desirable, but actually the only system with a realistic claim to longevity. With friendliness, humor, and charm, Surviving the Future plucks this vision out of our daydreams and shows us how to make it real.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书源于已故的David Fleming的非凡著作《精益逻辑：一本关于未来以及如何幸存于未来的词典》。原著以精装本的形式出版，共收录了472个互相关联的词条。

原著规模宏大、结构不同寻常，对有些读者来说阅读原著可能是件艰巨的任务。因此David Fleming的长期合作伙伴Shaun Chamberlin通过选择部分内容并重新进行编排，就有了本书。本书保留了Fleming独特的内容、独到的见解以及令人愉快的写作风格，但长度、结构更为平易近人。

本书的副标题：市场经济以后的文化、狂欢以及资本，暗示着Fleming眼中的未来。他认为市场经济因为其固有的缺陷，在这个世纪最多还能存在几十年。当它最终失败，将为人类带来很大的挑战。但这并非终结。Fleming以扎实的经济学理论以及历史学的视角告诉我们，如今的这个世界并不是人类的理想世界，但这确实是一个能够有可能长期存在的体系。他的文笔友好、幽默、迷人。（LYR）

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About the Author/作者介绍： David Fleming博士（1940 - 2010）是一个有远见的思想家和作家。他在英国绿党、转型城镇运动以及新经济基金会的发起过程中地位举足轻重，并担任土壤协会的主席。他也是最早提出石油枯竭的学者之一，并设计了当量碳/能源配给制度。他于1988年获得经济学博士学位。《精益逻辑》一书是他倾三十余年的努力写成的。

Dr. David Fleming (1940 – 2010) was a visionary thinker and writer who played significant roles in the genesis of the UK Green Party, the Transition Towns movement, and the New Economics Foundation, as well as chairing the Soil Association. He was also one of the early whistle-blowers on oil depletion and designer of the influential TEQs carbon/energy rationing system. He acquired a PhD in economics in 1988, in order to better engage with and confound the mainstream, but his true passion and genius was for understanding that diverse and mysterious thing “community.” Lean Logic was the work of over thirty years.

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