2024/06/09

Gunnar Skirbekk - Wikipedia

Gunnar Skirbekk - Wikipedia



Gunnar Skirbekk

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Gunnar Skirbekk
BornApril 11, 1937 (age 87)

Gunnar Skirbekk (born 11 April 1937) is a Norwegian philosopher. He is professor emeritus at the Department of Philosophy and the Center for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities, University of Bergen. He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters[1] and the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.

Academic career[edit]

Skirbekk studied at the University of Oslo 1957–59, in Paris 1960–61, and in Tübingen 1961–62. He was later a research assistant for Herbert Marcuse and Avrum Stroll at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) 1966–67; dr.philos. at the University of Bergen in 1970; research at UCSD 1979–80, 1983, and 1991.

He became an assistant teacher at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Bergen 1962. He was made associate professor in 1964, and then professor in the philosophy of the sciences and the humanities in 1979. He was made Professeur invité at the University of Nice in Sophia Antipolis in Spring 1997. In the Winter 2000–2001 he was Professor at the department of philosophy of Freie Universität Berlin. He was Advisory Professor at East China Normal University from 1998, and Fellow (Kurator) at the Hans Jonas Zentrum in Berlin from 1998. Founder of the Center for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (established 1987) at the University of Bergen, and director from 1987 to 1991, 1995–1997, and 2001–2003.

He received the Lauritz Meltzer Award for most outstanding research at the University of Bergen in the period 1990–1996.[2][circular reference] The Tønnes Andenæs Award, together with Nils Gilje, for Filosofihistorie 1–2 (A History of Western Thought), in 1999. He is translated into more than 20 languages. In 2013 he received the Nynorsk User of the Year award.[3][citation needed]

Editorial and group positions[edit]

  • Co-editor of Norsk filosofisk tidsskrift (Norwegian Philosophical Journal) 1979–1983
  • Member of the editorial board of Praxis International 1980–1993, and of Social Science Studies 1988–1994
  • Member of the Overseas Correspondence Board of Chinese Social Sciences Quarterly from 1994
  • Member of the editorial board of Redescriptions, Yearbook of Political Thought and Conceptual History from 2004.
  • Together with Jürgen Habermas, Hilary Putnam (died 2016) and Patrick Suppes (died 2014), member of the advisory board of Philosophical Analysis (Shanghai) from 2010.
  • Member of the board of Nordic institute of philosophy from 1981 to 1998.
  • Member of the board of the Norwegian Research Council (Norges almenvitenskapelige forskningsråd) 198–89.
  • Member of the governmental Commission for the Freedom of Expression, 1996–1999.
  • Norwegian coordinator of "Marco Polo" 1994–2005, a program of comparative studies of cultural modernization in Europe and East Asia, established in 1994, at the University of Bergen and East China Normal University in Shanghai.
  • Member of the scientific committee of Noèsis from 2015.
  • Member of the international editorial board of Danish Yearbook of Philosophy from 2019.

Publications[edit]

  • Nihilisme?, Oslo 1958 (third ed. 1998; Engl. ed. 1972, second ed. 1998). ISBN 978-8271300005
  • Dei filosofiske vilkår for sanning. Ei tolking av Martin Heideggers sanningslære (The Philosophical Preconditions for Truth. An Interpretation of Martin Heidegger's Theory of Truth), Oslo 1966 (second ed. Bergen 1999: Om sanninga sitt vesen).
  • Er ideologiane døde? (Are Ideologies Dead?), ed. and co-author, Oslo 1969.
  • Nymarxisme og kritisk dialektikk (Neomarxism and Critical Dialectics), Oslo 1970.
  • Truth and Preconditions, Bergen 1970.
  • Innføring i politisk teori (Introduction to Political Theory], Bergen 1970.
  • Politisk filosofi (Political Philosophy), revised version of Innføring i politisk teori, Bergen 1972, 2nd ed. 1976.
  • Økologi og filosofi (Ecology and Philosophy), Oslo 1972.
  • Wahrheitstheorien: Eine Auswahl aus den Diskussionen über Wahrheit im 20. Jahrhundert , Frankfurt a. M. 1977, ed. and co-author. ISBN 978-3518078105
  • Filosofihistorie (History of Philosophy), Bergen/Oslo 1980, revised version of Politisk filosofi. New editions 1987, 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2007. From 1987, together with Nils Gilje; 2007 also with Anne Granberg, Cathrine Holst, and Rasmus Slaattelid. German edition 1993; Danish and Swedish editions 1995; Bokmål 1996; Icelandic edition 1999; Russian 2000; English 2001; Uzbek 2002 (new preface); Chinese 2004 (new postscript by Shijun Tong, revised and extended Chinese edition 2016); Tajik 2004 (new preface); Turkish 2004; Azeri and French (new preface by Jean-Luc Gautero) 2010; Arabic (new preface) 2012; Korean 2016; Serbian 2017; Persian 2023.
  • Praxeology: An Anthology. Oslo, 1983, ed. and co-author. ISBN 978-8200066590
  • Ord: Essay i utval, Oslo 1984. ISBN 978-8252123746
  • Manuscripts on Rationality, Bergen, 1984; revised and enlarged version Bergen 1992.
  • Objektivitetsproblemet i vitskapane (Problem of Objectivity in Science), Bergen 1984, ed. and co-author.
  • Die pragmatische Wende. Sprachspielpragmatik oder Transzendentalpragmatik?, Frankfurt a. M. 1986, eds. Dietrich Böhler, Tore Nordenstam, Gunnar Skirbekk; co-author.
  • Til Djevelens forsvar og andre essays (In Defence of the Devil, and other essays), Bergen 1987.
  • Die pragmatische Wende, Frankfurt a. M., 1987, co-ed. and co-author.
  • Modernitet - rasjonalisering og differensiering (Modernity - Rationalization and Differentiation), Bergen 1988, ed. and co-author.
  • Vernunft und Verantwortung, Bergen 1992. ISBN 978-8290477290
  • Kulturell modernitet, vitskapleg rasjonalitet (Cultural Modernity and Scientific Rationality), Bergen, 1992. ISBN 978-8290477283
  • Eco-philosophical Manuscripts, Bergen 1992. ISBN 978-8290477276
  • The Commercial Ark. A Book on Ecology, Evolution and Ethics, co-ed. and co-author, Oslo 1992.
  • Geschichte der Philosophie, Frankfurt a. M. 1993, together with Nils Gilje.
  • Rationalité et Modernité, Paris 1993.
  • Rationality and Modernity: Essays in Philosophical Pragmatics, Oslo/Oxford 1993. ISBN 978-8200217183
  • The Notion of Sustainability, Oslo 1994, co-ed. and co-author.
  • Philosophy Beyond Borders. An Anthology of Norwegian Philosophy, co-ed. and co-author, Bergen 1997; Chinese edition 1999, extended Chinese edition 2016.
  • Vit og vitskap. Postmodernistisk ord-bok om modernitetens babelske forvirring (Wisdom and science. Postmodernist word-book on the great confusion of modernity), Bergen 1998.
  • Une praxéologie de la modernité. Universalité et contextualité de la raison discursive, Paris 1999.
  • Øko-etikk (Eco-Ethics), Bergen 1999.
  • Føresetnader for ein god politisk kultur (Preconditions for a good political culture), Oslo, 2000.
  • A History of Western Thought, co-written with Nils Gilje, London 2001. ISBN 978-0415220736
  • Modernitetens makt og avmakt. Vitskapsteoretiske perspektiv på kunnskap og makt, Oslo 2002.
  • On Pragmatics – Contributions to Current Debates, ed. and co-author, Bergen 2002.
  • Undringa (Wonder), philosophical essays, Oslo 2002.
  • Praxeologie der Moderne, Weilerswist 2002.
  • Reflexion und Verantwortung. Auseinadersetzungen mit Karl-Otto Apel (Festschrift), eds. Dietrich Böhler, Matthias Kettner, Gunnar Skirbekk; co-author, Frankfurt a. M. 2003.
  • Striden om sanningen (The Fight over Truth), ed., Gothenburg 2004.
  • Den filosofiske uroa (The philosophical restlessness), Oslo 2005.
  • Religion, Modernity, and Rationality, Bergen, 2006.
  • Ludvig Holberg. Dobbeltmonarkiets kulturelle modernisator, Bergen 2006.
  • Timely Thoughts, Lanham 2007; in Chinese, Shi Dai Zhi Si, Shanghai 2010. ISBN 978-0761837763
  • Rasjonalitet og modernitet, Oslo 2009.
  • Une histoire de la philosophie occidentale, together with Nils Gilje, Paris 2010.
  • Norsk og moderne, Oslo 2010.
  • Multiple Modernities. A Tale of Scandinavian Experiences, Hong Kong 2011; in Chinese 2013. ISBN 978-9629964870
  • Herausforderungen der Moderne aus wissenschaftsphilosophischer Sicht, Berlin 2012.
  • "if a lion could talk..." ("om ei løve kunne tale ..."), with Rasmus Slaattelid, illustrated by Ingri Egeberg, Bergen 2012.
  • Notes in retrospect, Bergen 2013; in Chinese 2013.
  • Krise og medansvar (Crisis and co-responsibility), Oslo 2016.
  • Norvezhskiy mentalitet i modernost, Moscow 2017 (Russian translation of Norsk og moderne).
  • Philosophie der Moderne. Vernunft, Wahrheit, Menschenwürde, Meinungsfreiheit, Weilerswist 2017.
  • Three Lectures, Bergen 2018.
  • Epistemic Challenges in a Modern World. From "fake news" and "post truth" to underlying epistemic challenges in science-based risk-societies, Zürich 2019 (ISBN 9783643911711)
  • Religion i moderne samfunn, Oslo 2021 (ISBN 9788282655934).
  • Religion in modern societies, London 2023 (ISBN 978-1-032-57922-1).

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Gruppe 3: Idéfag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
  2. ^ "Meltzer Prize".
  3. ^ "Årets nynorskbrukar".

External links[edit]

  • Homepage
  • Svein Sundbø Universalpragmatikeren. Om Gunnar Skirbekks 50-årige forfatterskap Minibiography in Prosa 04|2007
  • Nils Gilje: Gunnar Skirbekk. Norsk biografisk leksikon

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The Good Ancestor: A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking : Krznaric, Roman: Amazon.com.au: Books

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The Good Ancestor: A Radical Prescription for Long-Term Thinking Hardcover – 3 November 2020
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So said Jonas Salk, who developed the polio vaccine in 1953 but refused to patent it--forgoing profit so that more lives could be saved.

Salk's radical generosity to future generations should inspire us. But when leading philosopher Roman Krznaric examines society today, he sees just the opposite: Our short term, exploitative mindsets have "colonized the future." Businesses eschew civic responsibility for immediate gains, politicians throw their support behind whatever will win the next election, and we all struggle to focus our attention beyond the next alert from our phones. The result? An inexcusable chasm between the haves and have-nots--and mounting existential threats--have brought our species to the precipice of disaster.

Yet Krznaric sees reason to hope. Yes, the urgent struggle for intergenerational justice calls for hugely ambitious solutions, from rewiring our growth-at-all-costs economy to giving voters of future generations a voice in our democracies. But at the heart of all these changes is one we can enact within ourselves: We must trade shortsightedness for long-term thinking.

In The Good Ancestor, Krznaric reveals six practical ways we can retrain our brains to think of the long view, including 
  • Deep-Time Humility (recognizing our lives as a cosmic eyeblink) and 
  • Cathedral Thinking (starting projects that will take more than one lifetime to complete). 
His aim is to inspire more "time rebels" like Greta Thunberg--to shift our allegiance from this generation to all humanity--in short, 
to save our planet and our future.
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Contents

Krznaric R (2020) (07:51) Good Ancestor, The - How to Think Long Term in a Short Term World

About the Author
Preface

Part I: The Tug of War for Time

01. How Can We Be Good Ancestors?

02. The Marshmallow and the Acorn: Inside Our Time-Torn Brains

Part II: Six Ways to Think Long

03. Deep-Time Humility: Humankind as an Eyeblink in Cosmic History

04. Legacy Mindset: How Can We Be Remembered Well?

05. Intergenerational Justice: Reasons to Respect the Seventh Generation

06. Cathedral Thinking: The Art of Planning into the Distant Future

07. Holistic Forecasting: Long-Term Pathways for Civilisation

08. Transcendent Goal: A Lodestar to Guide Humanity

Part III: Bring On the Time Rebellion

09. Deep Democracy: Is There an Antidote for Political Myopia?

10. Ecological Civilisation: From Speculative Capitalism to Regenerative Economy

11. Cultural Evolution: Storytelling, Design and the Rise of Virtual Futures

12. The Path of the Good Ancestor

Appendix: The Intergenerational Solidarity Index

Acknowledgments
Endnotes
List of Illustrations
Bibliography
Index

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2020 Foreword INDIES Honorable Mention
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"Beautiful to read, heartfelt, and persuasive . . . one of those landmark books with the power to shift a mindset. One turns the pages feeling a growing compulsion for change.--Isabella Tree, author of Wilding

A fascinating and inspiring exploration of one of the great relationship questions of the 21st century: How can we extend our circle of care to future generations?--John Gray, New York Times-bestselling author of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus

A great antidote to the short-term thinking that comes easily to us all. If you want to be a good ancestor, start by reading this book.--Nigel Warburton, author of A Little History of Philosophy and founder of the Philosophy Bites podcast

A philosopher's contribution to saving the world.-- "The Guardian"

A provocative and well-written . . . essay on the history of the human race and its possible future.-- "Choice"

A work of genius that draws on the wisdom-traditions of cultures from across the globe.--Martin Kalungu-Banda, Ubuntu Lab and Saïd Business School, Oxford University

Full of revelations for everyone who cares about the legacy they leave. This is the book our children's children will thank us for reading.--The Edge, U2

I judge a book's usefulness by how many pages I'm compelled to dog-ear and underline. This book on the pragmatics of long-term thinking earned 50-plus dog-ears.--Stewart Brand, creator of the Whole Earth Catalog and co-founder of The Long Now Foundation

It is a cliché to declare a book essential reading, but in this case it is true. In a little more than 300 pages Krznaric develops a powerful set of concepts and a frame that will serve to refresh and undergird the civic rationale of public planning.-- "Journal of the American Planning Association"

Krznaric asks the defining moral question for our age: How will future generations look back on our legacy? A superb intellectual history and razor-sharp analysis of contemporary politics, this book will change how you think about the worldand is a call to action. Read it. You owe it to your children's children.--Kevin Watkins, Chief Executive, Save the Children

Krznaric's seamless and magical prose delights on every page. Let's engrave his 'six ways to think long' across the gateway to every Parliament in the world.--Professor Tim Jackson, author of Prosperity Without Growth

Philosopher Roman Krznaric calmly calls for a reorientation toward the future, not to benefit us, but to benefit our far-off descendants. . . . [The point is] to emphasize the agency of the present moment and the potential, however imperfect, to influence the future.-- "The Atlantic"

Roman Krznaric addresses the greatest challenge confronting the world: How can humanity survive this century and flourish in the next? His book deserves to be widely read--by policy makers, and indeed by all citizens who care about the prospects for their children and grandchildren.--Professor Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal and author of On The Future

Roman Krznaric passionately argues that thinking long term would bring untold benefits and may very well be vital to our survival as a species. Lose yourself in these pages, expand your time horizons, and reimagine your relationship to time, to the future--Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition Town movement and author of From What Is to What If

The individualistic philosophies of the last century have generated huge concentrations of wealth--but at the same time put us on the road to social, political, and environmental collapse. This clear-sighted and inspiring book suggests a different view of who humans are and what they really value--and a number of ways off that lethal road. It's a must-read for anyone who's looking for the good news.-- "musician and composer Brian Eno"


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Roman Krznaric is a public philosopher who writes about the power of ideas to change society. His internationally bestselling books, including The Good Ancestor, Empathy, The Wonderbox and Carpe Diem Regained, have been published in more than 20 languages.

After growing up in Sydney and Hong Kong, Roman studied at the universities of Oxford, London and Essex, where he gained his PhD in political sociology. He went on to found the world’s first Empathy Museum and is currently a research fellow of the Long Now Foundation and a member of the Club of Rome. His writings have been widely influential amongst political and ecological campaigners, education reformers, social entrepreneurs and designers.
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A philosopher’s contribution to saving the world is welcome but requires a huge leap of faith

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There is much talk these days about decolonising – statues, buildings, curricula. All of that has to do with legacies of the past, but there is also a growing discussion among environmentalists about decolonising the future.

The idea is that colonised people are those who are denied representation and, as future generations have no say in the decisions taken today that will later affect them, they are effectively colonised by our present actions.

Roman Krznaric, a pop philosopher in the Alain de Botton mould, explores this predicament in his new book The Good Ancestor. Clearly, people who are not yet born cannot vote in current elections, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t be taken into account. Krznaric makes a convincing case that in our digital age of “pathological short-termism” we are giving less and less consideration to our descendants.

The subtitle of Krznaric’s book is How to Think Long Term in a Short-term World, and it is an argument for shifting our perspective from one of instant gratification to what he calls “deep-time humility” – the recognition that we are “an eye blink in cosmic time”. It is not a new concept by any means, and much of the ground he covers is almost wearily familiar.

The algorithm-fuelled acceleration of consumer culture and the shortening of the attention span, the political preoccupation on next week rather than the next century or the one after, the quick returns of boom-bust speculative capitalism, and the endless pursuit of economic growth are all identified as key drivers of short-termism.

How do we achieve sustainability? Krznaric is scathing of the Enlightenment view that science will find a way
It is hard to argue against any of that, and Krznaric doesn’t try. For him, it is a straightforward case of a terminally degraded capitalist culture living beyond its means and largely indifferent to the despoliation we’re leaving to those who come after us. As a consequence, it makes for a rather uncomplicated polemic that, ironically, is well suited to the polarised and simplified discourse that the digital world has helped to foster.


There is more than a whiff of the Ted Talk homily to much of Krznaric’s prose and plenty of new buzzwords with which to decorate dinner party debates. “Time rebel” refers to those activists who are seeking “intergenerational justice”. “Legacy mindset” describes the wish to be remembered by posterity and “cathedral thinking” applies to the projects whose the lifespans extend beyond a human lifetime.

The most important phrase of all forms the title – “good ancestor”. If we, as a species, are to survive the coming threats to our existence (he cites Toby Ord’s estimate that we have a one-in-six chance of becoming extinct in the next century), we urgently need to think about what we bequeath not just to our children but our grandchildren’s grandchildren and beyond.

Krznaric is very good at identifying the problem. He speaks of Earth Overshoot Day, the point in the annual calendar at which we exceed the planet’s biocapacity – when the use of natural resources outstrips their regeneration. Currently, he says, we reach that mark on 29 July (this year, as a result of coronavirus economic contraction, it’s been calculated as 20 August), when it should be 31 December.

Central to being a good ancestor, therefore, is achieving sustainability. How do we do this? Krznaric is scathing of the view that science will find a way. It’s the same old Enlightenment conception of progress, he argues, that has justified environmental destruction and led to the climate change crisis. He names Steven Pinker as the champion of wishful scientific thinking. “He is like a child who believes they can keep blowing up the balloon, bigger and bigger, without any prospect that it could ever burst.”

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The alternative Krznaric suggests is “doughnut economics”, as put forward by his wife, the economist Kate Raworth. This entails a rebalancing between social wealth and ecological protection wherein “we meet the needs of current and future generations within the means of Earth’s crucial life-supporting systems”.

Again, it is hard to argue against the ambition but that blameless sentence conceals a monumental amount of political and social restructuring of the kind that has seldom run smoothly in history. The weakness of the book is that the solutions Krznaric puts forward are so far removed from the world as it currently operates that it is impossible to know if they are utopian dreams or workable answers.

Its presiding strength is that it squarely addresses the fact that we can’t continue in this fashion. Exactly how we break out of our solipsistic time bubble and develop a productive appreciation of our responsibility to future generations is an imperative matter for discussion. The Good Ancestor is a welcome place to start it.

 The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long-term in a Short-term World by Roman Krznaric is published by WH Allen (£20). To order a copy go to guardianbookshop.com. Free UK p&p over £15


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5.0 out of 5 stars tomorrow is todayReviewed in the United States on 17 July 2023
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this book is inspirational. It should be required reading for everyone who wonders where we’re heading by placing the reader front and centre of our present perilous planetary situation. Provides imaginative and realistic processes and pathways. Tell your friends and families to join in the conversations about our legacy as good ancestors.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Llegó sucio y ligeramente maltratadoReviewed in Mexico on 1 March 2021
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El libro llegó sin film plástico, lo cual me parece algo bueno para evitar generar más basura y espero que siga así. Lamentablemente el libro llegó manchado y con las orillas ligeramente aplastadas. Sería bueno tener los libros en alguna bodega más limpia para que aún sin plástico se mantengan en buenas condiciones.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book!Reviewed in Canada on 15 December 2020
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Great perspective on long term thinking perspective, it really makes us reflect on what we are doing now and what we want to leave for future generations. Love it!
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5.0 out of 5 stars great thoughts ...Reviewed in India on 23 April 2021
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not yet completed reading..... but enjoying certain wonderful thoughts. contains several now-a-days' examples and stories. A must for those who love to have home library.
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Well, after reading this book, I don't know whether to marvel at the number of grandiloquent concepts and words that are being developed to make humanity aware that it is time to think about the future and put aside our short-term and consumerist mentality: that if "time profound", "legacy mentality", "intergenerational justice", "cathedral thinking", "holistic prediction" or "transcendental legacy", or get upset when I think of my fellow citizens who voted en masse for a lady who presented them with a sheet of white as an electoral program, in exchange for a plate of "freedom", consisting of the freedom to be able to have a beer without a mask, and what they have actually done is give carte blanche for the dismantling of the public health system, education public and ultimately hinder the social elevator that is the key to an egalitarian society. And it bothers me even more when I see the government of Spain and the European Union paying other poorer countries to kill immigrants before they reach our beautiful beaches and bother us, or when I see half of Americans supporting a lunatic exalted and denialist, half of Brazilians supporting a violent madman who is rapidly destroying the lungs of the Earth, a country like Russia, with a madman in command, undertaking military campaigns like a revived Tsar and threatening the rest of the world with throwing atomic bombs at them if they protest....shall I continue?.....How can we fight this with good words and such wonderful theories?

Honestly, I am very pessimistic, I don't have much faith in the human race. The book is very good, it explains all this, how to address a change of course that ensures a future for our descendants, it is not apocalyptic and it considers all the options and consequences of following one course or another.....however I don't think that Let us be prepared to address these changes, at least not now.

4 stars for the courage to expose what there is, where we are, where we are going, the consequences of not changing course and the tools to do so......although I suppose we will continue forward without doing anything..... Hey, almost 50 degrees in Extremadura this week, it doesn't seem very normal, right? Will we ever do something or will we continue drinking beers?

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January 6, 2021
Nicely eclectic but a little dewy-eyed for my taste. Also strangely pessimistic about human ingenuity for a book about longtermism: lots of emphasis on degrowth, resource depletion, and all-round belt-tightening and sobriety. There is such a thing as too much progress apparently!

Talk of new technology is surprisingly thin too, and near-zero interest in weirder ideas like space colonisation or transhumanism. Also, possibly misleading to describe the Limits to Growth report as prophetic and fail to mention anything it got wrong.

On the other hand: so many delightful examples of longtermist projects in art and politics, and some lovely new metaphors and framings for ideas in sore need of them. And very glad to have learned about Joseph Bazalgette — what a legend!
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Fantastic book, I feel like I've learned a lot about history but also how we can think more long-term and try to tackle climate change. Books like these help me to feel more optimistic about the future, and how philosophical tools can help us picture a better one.

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This is a wonderful companion book to Kate Raworth's Doughnut Economics, and I was delighted to find out that she and Roman Krznaric are married!

Both books are accessible, engaging, and prescriptive.

Raworth and Krznaric show us how and where we've gone wrong in our politics, economics, and cultures in the past, and how those mistakes created the many crises we now face. Most importantly, they offer detailed and inspiring solutions to the problems we face, and lay out a road map for creating global communities and economies that work in service to life and health, provide value for what we value, allow everyone to thrive on a healthy planet, and strive to leave a robust, regenerative, and sustainable Earth for generations to come.
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I first came across the Long Now Foundation a little over 10 years ago when I was getting familiar with the works of Brian Eno and Neal Stephenson. I remember thinking that it sounded like a neat little idea for a foundation/movement, but was disappointed to find that their output was little more than the occasional seminar. Now Roman Krznaric, a Research Fellow of the Long Now Foundation, has written something that could be described as a manifesto for the cause.

The idea of long-term thinking is a very simple one, and Kraznaric does a good job of selling it. The earlier chapters are as compelling and thought-provoking as their titles suggest ("deep-time humility", "cathedral thinking"). In later chapters he tries to show examples of how to "apply" this thinking to the real world, and this is where it feels like he is on shakier ground. For example, his arguments that citizens' assemblies or devolution were good avenues for long-term thinking lacked any serious, concrete data to back them up. He praised certain countries and cities for their relative long-termism - I would have liked to see Krznaric explore what led them to adopt long-term policies: was it a particular political philosophy, economic circumstances, lessons learned from past crises, or simply listening to "Music for Airports" a lot?

I also wondered if he was perhaps, slightly ironically, constrained in his thinking by the time and culture in which he wrote the book. I felt like his writing was very coloured by his political leanings: it wasn't that I necessarily disagreed with him (I expect we agree on a lot), but maybe I was just hoping a book on long-term thinking might transcend all that. He spent a lot of time talking about the climate crisis - fair enough: it's an incredibly important topic where long-term thinking is essential. But there were large parts of the book where it felt like Krznaric had shifted the subject from long-term thinking to environmental sustainability, which feels like a slightly different topic. There were some huge problems that could have been addressed, like our current attitudes to retirement and pensions, or our obsession with extending our life expectancy ever-higher, where some long-term thinking might give a radical new perspective.

Overall, I'm glad I read the book. It's an important and engaging topic. I did not agree with everything Krznaric said, and from the looks of it many other people on Goodreads feel the same way. But if Krznaric is reading through these reviews, I can imagine him smiling. After all, he wanted this book to encourage long-term thinking, not long-term dogmatism! In that sense, the book is a success, and one I will gladly recommend to others.

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Wonderful inspiring book on how we can counter the short-term tendencies in our society and become time rebels by adopting various innovative principles and put them into practice through collective action.

This book is probably for readers who are already convinced of the need for a radical rupture away from our current destructive consumer culture towards a thriving humanity in balance with the earth, and it focuses on how to achieve this by bringing more long term perspectives into our politics, economies and societies as a whole.
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An absolute must read - an essential framework for thinking beyond the human lifetime time scale towards a just and equitable future for all

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It's perhaps a cliché to say that this should be required reading, but I stand by it. Our efforts to confront the climate crisis are incumbent upon collective liberation from short-term thinking. Krznaric provides a roadmap for adopting long-term perspectives with ideals such as intergenerational justice and paradigms such as deep time to guide practice (I particularly recommend the sections on cathedral thinking and deep democracy). I especially appreciated the numerous case studies peppered throughout (social movements, public policy, scientific endeavors, cultural projects) of how humanity has engaged in processes of long-term thinking, reflecting our inherent ability to do so, even amid persisting short-term thinking tendencies.

Additionally, although this is not explicitly labeled as a "leadership" book, I read it as a cogent call for collective leadership. Krznaric makes the point several times that the vested interests of politicians and the global elite (including their—and our—commitments to capitalism and neoliberalism) will likely prove to be a pressing barrier to change. "The priority", Kznaric stresses, "must be what we can do together" (p. 243). Gooooood stuff.

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Reviewed: The Good Ancestor  by Roman Krznaric
How to think long-term in a short-term world

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Overview
Roman Krznaric is a public philosopher and in this book he urges us to adopt what he calls ‘cathedral thinking’ as a way to become good ancestors and ensure better lives for the universal strangers of the future.

He believes that good ideas and long-term thinking are the answer to securing the future and solving many of the problems that are a result of our short-termism.

Roman Krznaric’s theory is that our almost pathological adherence to a short-term frame of mind and a slavish adherence to ‘the now’ means that we have colonised the future. We consume, spend, and propagate with no regard for future consequences, as though no one will inhabit the future. And future generations have no voice with which to protest our actions.

By only thinking of our immediate needs and not considering the impact our actions have on future generations, we have taken our species to a near precipice of disaster. This includes the impact on our environment, our character, our health, our work ethic and overall productivity. Taking stock of the legacy we will leave for our children, and for future generations, should galvanise us to long-term vision and action.

He gives us 6 ways to think long as an antidote to this problem

Deep-Time Humility – humankind’s existence is barely a blink in the vast timescale of the cosmos.
Legacy Mindset – adopting a mindset that focuses on future generations is our hope of being seen as good ancestors.
Intergenerational Justice – shifting our mindset to morality responsibility rather than just legacy.
Cathedral thinking – planning project beyond our lifetime
Holistic Forecasting – considering multiple options for the future of civilization
Transcendent Goal – striving for one-planet thriving.
Though not everyone might agree with Krznaric’s arguments and theories, he does a great job creating memorable insights which are inspiring. His writing is accessible, and he leaves plenty of room for for us to come up with our own future visions and ways to address short-termism. 

Why you should read it
When I started reading his book, I was reminded of a family visit to Barcelona a few years back. Two of my grandchildren were with us when we toured La Sagrada Familia. Both my son and I stood agog at the depth and breadth of Antoni Gaudi’s vision. 

He designed a basilica that he knew would only be completed centuries later. Various generations would need to be involved in the project without ever seeing it finished. It’s hard for us ‘modern’ folks to imagine creating a plan that most certainly won’t be realised in our lifetime – nevermind generations beyond.

At Reset, we encourage retirees to have a long-term view of their time in retirement because it helps us develop our purpose and mission, which in turn keeps us engaged and motivated. With this book, the call to action is even stronger and the possibilities even broader. Just imagine being part of an intergenerational plan like the Future Library Project or La Sagrada Familia. It changes a person’s perspective – and that’s why we think this book is so relevant to Reset.
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西田幾多郎の哲学＝絶対無の場所とは何か 中村昇

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『선의 연구』에서 「장소의 철학」으로――. 니시다의 철학 편력은 「장소의 철학」에 있었고, 마침내 독창적인 경지에 있었다고 한다. 『선의 연구』의 시작 부분에 나오는 ‘순수 경험’부터 시작해, 후기의 ‘절대무의 장소’에 이르는 사고란, 어떤 것일까. 최근에는 영향 관계가 지적되는 버크슨과의 관계, 혹은 불교의 시간론과 니시다의 시간론의 공통점과 차이. 푸사르와 레비나스, 스즈키 오오츠키, 이츠키 슌히코에 이르기까지, 혹은 양자론과의 상관 등 다양한 각도로부터 정중하게 참조하면서, 저자는 무슨 고찰을 펼치고, 독자적인 스타일로 니시다의 본질에 다가가 간다. 그것은 니시다 자신의 말을 걸면, 그건 그렇고 '악전 고투의 문서'의 양상을 나타내면서도, 매우 선명하게, 니시다 철학의 진정한 모습이 떠오른다. 「존재와 무」(=있으면 없다)라고 하는, 우리가 극히 일상적으로 상정하는 대립 이전에, 「장소」라고 하는 것을 생각해, 거기에 인간의 근본을 보려고 한 근대 일본 철학의 거봉을, 지금까지 없었던 명확한 서술로 맛보는 역작!
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나카무라 승
중촌 승(나카무라·노보루)
1958년생. 1994년 중앙대학 대학원 문학연구과 철학전공박사과정 만기퇴학. 현재 중앙 대학 교수. 전공은 철학.
주요 저서에, 「어떻게 내가 철학에 빠져들었는지」(춘추사), 「고바야시 히데오와 위트겐슈타인」(춘풍사), 「화이트 헤드의 철학」(고단샤 선서 메티에), 「위트겐 슈타인 넥타이를 하지 않는 철학자 '(백수사), '베르크슨=시간과 공간의 철학'(코단샤 선서 메티에), '위트겐슈타인 '철학 탐구' 입문'(교육 평론사), '낙어-철학'(아키 서방) 등 다수.
최근의 논문에, 「증여, 그리고 「상관주의의 강한 모델」(메이어스)로서의 위트겐슈타인」(「중앙 대학 문학부 기요 철학 제 61호」), 「도카타 준 시론」(「중앙 대학 인문 연기 요」 제92호”) 등.
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저자도 쓰고 있습니다만, 해설서라고 하는 느낌은 아닙니다.
독후감으로서는, 니시다 기타로의 철학에 관한 저자의 연구 노트를 보여주고 있는 느낌이었습니다.

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오랜만에 중후한 것을 읽었다. 역시 니시다 기타로는 좋다…
　여기서 자신이 「절대무」의 자신 나름의 해석은 흥미로운 일은 하지 않는다. 이 책의 좋은 점은 저자가 니시다 기타로의 철학에 대해 자신의 말로 해설을 하고 있는 곳. 2차 체험적으로 매우 재미있다. 원문이 있고, 더 참조하는 철학자의 저서로부터의 인용, 그리고 자신의 해석. 니시다 기타로의 한 문장에서 한 번 더 맛있는 것 같은 책이다. 그래서 원문에만 접했다면 자신은 여기까지 읽을 수 없다는 것을 다른 형태로 볼 수 있기 때문에 또 하나 깊이 생각할 수 있다.
　자신은 이 책을 쭉 시나의 극촉을 생각하면서 읽고 있었다. 마지막 쪽은 영원한 지금에 당겨졌다.
　절대 말로 표현할 수 없는 것을 모순이 있다고 그것을 바라보면서 대화해 나가는 것 같은 느낌. 여기 절대 말로 할 수 없다고 하는 무엇인가를 여기가 아닌 어딘가에서 공유하면서 읽어 가는 느낌이 참을 수 없어 좋았다.
　자신의 메모 · 장소 (공간)와 시간 에
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필자는 철학자입니다. 니시다, 스즈키 오오조, 조주, 베르크손, 푸사르, 레비나스, 야마구치 미즈호, 데카르트, 키요자와 만유 등 사람들이나 사람에 관한 작품을 읽은 후, 니시다의 표현 속에서 발견할 수 있는 니시다 자신의 서 위치와 코토바의 가진 기능에 대해, 필자 자신이 초점이라고 생각하는 내용을 표시하고 있는 점에 많이 배울 수 있습니다. 필자에게는 「고바야시 히데오와 위트겐슈타인」이라는 저서도 있어, 독후, 같은 것을 생각했습니다. p.15에 본서의 집필 동기에 대해, 니시다 기타로라고 하는 「진정한 철학자」에 대해서 써 보고 싶다고 기록되어 있습니다. 나라면, 절대로 이렇게는 쓰지 않지만, 필자의 태도는 어느 정도 이해할 수 있다고 생각합니다.

이 책과 같이 “자신이 본 범위에서는 니시다, 스즈키 오오츠키, 조주, 베르크손, 푸사르, 레비나스, 야마구치 미즈호, 데카르트, 키요자와 만유의 논고를 비판적으로 검토한 결과, 여기까지 말하는 것이 "할 수 있다"라는 솔직한 태도를 취하는 출판물이 적은 것은 유감스러운 일입니다.

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읽기 쉬운. 이해하기 쉽다.

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