LEAN LOGIC: A DICTIONARY FOR THE FUTURE AND HOW TO SURVIVE IT
Book ID/图书代码： 03008015B84361
English Summary/英文概要： Lean Logic is David Fleming’s masterpiece, the product of more than thirty years’ work and a testament to the creative brilliance of one of Britain’s most important intellectuals.
A dictionary unlike any other, it leads readers through Fleming’s stimulating exploration of fields as diverse as culture, history, science, art, logic, ethics, myth, economics, and anthropology, being made up of four hundred and seventy-two engaging essay-entries covering topics such as Boredom, Community, Debt, Growth, Harmless Lunatics, Land, Lean Thinking, Nanotechnology, Play, Religion, Spirit, Trust, and Utopia.
The threads running through every entry are Fleming’s deft and original analysis of how our present market-based economy is destroying the very foundations―ecological, economic, and cultural― on which it depends, and his core focus: a compelling, grounded vision for a cohesive society that might weather the consequences. A society that provides a satisfying, culturally-rich context for lives well lived, in an economy not reliant on the impossible promise of eternal economic growth. A society worth living in. Worth fighting for. Worth contributing to.
The beauty of the dictionary format is that it allows Fleming to draw connections without detracting from his in-depth exploration of each topic. Each entry carries intriguing links to other entries, inviting the enchanted reader to break free of the imposed order of a conventional book, starting where she will and following the links in the order of her choosing. In combination with Fleming’s refreshing writing style and good-natured humor, it also creates a book perfectly suited to dipping in and out.
The decades Fleming spent honing his life’s work are evident in the lightness and mastery with which Lean Logic draws on an incredible wealth of cultural and historical learning―from Whitman to Whitefield, Dickens to Daly, Kropotkin to Kafka, Keats to Kuhn, Oakeshott to Ostrom, Jung to Jensen, Machiavelli to Mumford, Mauss to Mandelbrot, Leopold to Lakatos, Polanyi to Putnam, Nietzsche to Næss, Keynes to Kumar, Scruton to Shiva, Thoreau to Toynbee, Rabelais to Rogers, Shakespeare to Schumacher, Locke to Lovelock, Homer to Homer-Dixon―in demonstrating that many of the principles it commends have a track-record of success long pre-dating our current society.
Fleming acknowledges, with honesty, the challenges ahead, but rather than inducing despair, Lean Logic is rare in its ability to inspire optimism in the creativity and intelligence of humans to nurse our ecology back to health; to rediscover the importance of place and play, of reciprocity and resilience, and of community and culture.
Lean Logic is a comfort in disorientating times. A book to keep at your side. A dictionary of empowerment.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书是David Fleming的代表作。这本历时三十余年才告完成的著作凝结了这位英国最重要的知识分子之一的创意。这本词典不同于任何其他作品，它引领读者领略Fleming对于不同学科的探索，包括文化、历史、科学、艺术、逻辑学、伦理学、神话、经济学以及人类学等等，共收录472个词条，行文形式类似散文，而主题涉及无聊、社区、债务、成长、无害的狂人、土地、精益思想、纳米技术、玩乐、宗教、灵、信任以及乌托邦。
贯穿所有条目的是Fleming的思考。在他看来，现在以市场为中心的经济体系正在破坏承载它的基础——生态基础，经济基础以及文化基础。而他最关注的是：一个能够承受后果的、有凝聚力的社会。一个能够为所有人带来丰富文化的社会，以及一个不依赖于靠不住的永远增长承诺的经济。这才是一个值得在其中生活的、值得为之奋斗的、值得为之奉献的社会。
使用词典形式的优点在于它可以让Fleming可以一边深入探索每个不同话题，一边建立起它们之间的内在联系。
Fleming在本书中诚实地承认未来我们将面对很多挑战。但他的态度并不绝望。正相反，本书努力让读者拥有乐观的心态，用创意和智慧让未来的生态环境恢复健康。本书值得放在身边，能够让人更有信心。（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。
Shaun Chamberlin参与了自Transition Network成立以来的所有活动，共同创办了Transition Town Kingston，也是本次运动第二本书The Transition Timeline的作者。他是Fleming政策中心的常务主管，并与他的好朋友、长期合作伙伴David Fleming一同起草了著名的UK All Party Parliamentary报告。他的个人网站是www.darkoptimism.org
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.
Shaun Chamberlin has been involved with the Transition Network since its inception, cofounding Transition Town Kingston and authoring the movement’s second book, The Transition Timeline. He is managing director of the Fleming Policy Centre and former chair of the Ecological Land Co-operative, and has spoken at venues ranging from Occupy camps to parliaments. In exploring the cultural narratives charting society’s course he has written for or edited a diverse range of books, magazines, academic journals, and other publications, including coauthoring a significant UK All Party Parliamentary report with his close friend and regular collaborator David Fleming. His website is www.darkoptimism.org.
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