THE TRAUMATISED SOCIETY: HOW TO OUTLAW CHEATING AND SAVE OUR CIVILISATION

Book ID/图书代码： 02890013B65297

English Summary/英文概要： The author was the first to forecast (in 1997) the events that ruptured the global economy in 2008 by applying an analysis that exposes the fault lines in the structure of the market economy. Now, he extends his analysis to the future of the West, to evaluate fears from distinguished commentators who claim that European civilisation is in danger of being eclipsed. He concludes that the West is at a dangerous tipping point and provides empirical and theoretical evidence to warrant such an alarming conclusion. But he also explains why it is not too late to prevent the looming social catastrophe. Attributing the present crisis to a social process of cheating, he develops a synthesis of the social and natural sciences to show how the market system can be reformed to restore harmony between nature and society. He introduces the concept of organic finance, which prescribes reforms capable of delivering both sustainable growth and respect for other life forms. To explain the failure to resolve protracted social and environmental crises, the author reclassifies societies in terms of a theory of social trauma. The coercive loss of land destabilised populations to the point where they lost their traditional reference points: they were no longer able to live by the laws of nature and were forced to conform to laws that consolidated the privileges of those who had cheated them of their birthright: access to the resources of nature. Many pathological consequences flow from this tearing of people from their social and ecological habitats. To recover from this state of trauma, the democratic process must be re-invented as an exercise in collective psychosocial therapy. The author challenges the view that the West can climb out of depression by applying the financial measures known as "austerity". He outlines a new strategy that would restore full employment and reverse the decline in middle class living standards in Europe and North America.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 作者是第一个通过应用对暴露在市场经济结构断层线分析，预测了（在1997年）2008年全球经济危机的人。现在，他扩展了分析来应对西方国家的未来，来评估来自著名评论家的恐惧，这些人认为欧洲文明正处于被掩盖的危险。他的结论是，西方是一个危险的临界点，并提供了经验和理论证据来支持这个惊人的结论。但他也解释了为什么预防未来的社会灾难还为时未晚。鉴于当前由社会欺骗造成的危机，他开发了一个综合性的社会科学和自然科学来展示如何进行市场体系的改革，以恢复自然和社会之间的和谐。他介绍了有机金融的概念，它所规定的改革既可持续增长也能尊重其他的生命形式。为了解释解决长期社会和环境危机失败，坐着从社会创伤理论的角度重新分类了社会。土地的强制剥夺让人群更加相信他们失去了传统参考点这一观点：他们再不能以自然法则生活，并被强迫遵守那些享有特权的人的法律，他们从一出生就在大自然的资源方面被欺骗。很多病态的后果都来自这些人的痛苦，来自他们的社会和生态栖息地。为了从这种创伤的状态中恢复，民主进程必须作为心理治疗的集中练习被再造。作者质疑西方通过“紧缩”的财政措施能走出低谷。他概述了一种新策略，可以完全恢复欧洲和北美的就业以及扭转中产阶层的生活水平。(LNL)

Awards/获奖情况：“《受创伤的社会》是一本伟大的书，它提出了一种新的范例——以历史叙事和概述的基调来写政治，经济和文化历史。哈里森提出了关于社会创伤复杂且引人入胜的新理论，发展了一个新想法：当整个社会或国家从他们的土地，传统根基和文化参照点脱离而来，整个人群就会被他所说的“捕食者类”摆布。这些捕食者是社会的寄生虫，他们寻求合法的方法来制度化“欺骗”，然后整个民族被剥夺与生俱来的社会“公地”（公地是通过社会化的租地来享有大自然资源全部好处的权利）。”——第四届世界审查，2013年7月

’The Traumatised Society is a staggering work that presents nothing less than a new paradigm - yet based in a historical narrative and overview of political, economic and cultural history that is ancient. Harrison provides a sophisticated and engaging new theory of social trauma developing the idea that when whole societies or nations are dislocated from their land, traditional roots and cultural reference points, whole populations are then at the mercy of what he refers to as "the predator class". This predator class of social parasites then seeks to legalise a form of institutionalised "cheating" whereby whole peoples are robbed of their birthright to the social "commons" (the commons being one’s right to enjoy the full benefits of nature’s resources through a socialisation of rent on land values’. Fourth World Review, July 2013

About the Author/作者介绍： 弗雷德•哈里森是伦敦土地研究信托基金的研究总监。做了一段时间舰队街的调查记者后，他开始担任一些俄罗斯学者和政治团体的顾问，包括杜马议会，他们的努力会让市场经济的过渡更加公平。随后，他把注意力转向了经济分析和市场经济公共政策的失败。更多信息请访问www.fredharrison.org

Fred Harrison is Research Director of Land Research Trust, London. After a career as a Fleet Street investigative journalist, he was advisor to a number of Russian academic and political bodies, including the Duma (parliament), in their efforts to implement a more equitable transition to a market economy. Subsequently he has turned his attention to the failure of economic analysis and public policies in the market economies. See also www.fredharrison.org

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