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Kant quotation from Marvin B. Becker (1994), p 59. Alison Van Rooy provides a valuable review of interpretations of civil society in “Civil Society as an Idea: An Analytical Hatstand?”, in Alison Van Rooy, ed. (1998), Civil Society and the Aid Industry. After warning that a definition of civil society “must address major objections before being useful”, she writes, “We define civil society as both an observable reality (civil society as a collective of conflicting, interdependent, inter-influential organisations), and a good thing (that having a civil society, warts and all, is better than not).”, pp 29–30. For the central meaning of civil society, see Adam Seligman (1997), The Problem of Trust, chapter 4.

David Fleming
Dr David Fleming (2 January 1940 – 29 November 2010) was a cultural historian and economist, based in London, England. He was among the first to reveal the possibility of peak oil's approach and invented the influential TEQs scheme, designed to address this and climate change. He was also a pioneer of post-growth economics, and a significant figure in the development of the UK Green Party, the Transition Towns movement and the New Economics Foundation, as well as a Chairman of the Soil Association. His wide-ranging independent analysis culminated in two critically acclaimed books, 'Lean Logic' and 'Surviving the Future', published posthumously in 2016. These in turn inspired the 2020 launches of both BAFTA-winning director Peter Armstrong's feature film about Fleming's perspective and legacy - 'The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation?' - and Sterling College's unique 'Surviving the Future: Conversations for Our Time' online courses. For more information on all of the above, including Lean Logic, click the little globe below!

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