Lene Rachel Andersen

Lene Rachel Andersen (born May 15, 1968), Danish author, indie publisher, economist, futurist, and philosopher. She was born and raised in Taastrup, a suburb west of Copenhagen, Denmark. Her first books were the series Baade-Og, her latest book is The Nordic Secret.

Biography

From age 16, Andersen produced radio programs and wrote scripts for radio- and television satire.[1]

After studying business economy for three years, Andersen worked as a temp teacher and a temp secretary for two years before she studied theology for four years with the specific goal become a pastor in the Danish Evangelical Lutheran church. During her years of theology studies, she wrote entertainment for Danish television, in 1993, she had a religious crisis and quit her studies when she decided to convert to Judaism[2]

Andersen's debute as an author was in 2005 when she published the first book in the five volumes, 2,300 pages book series Baade-Og[3] (Both-And, 2005–2009). She has since written eight books, among them Democracy Handbook[4]. Her latest book is The Nordic Secret – A European story of beauty and freedom together with Tomas Björkman.

As an indie publisher in Denmark, Andersen's Det Andersenske Forlag[5] (Andersenske publishing house) has focused on popularizing philosophy and topics essential to democracy.

In 2011, Andersen was appointed as a member of the Danish government's short-lived Værdikommissionen (Values Commission).

Baade-Og

The book series Baade-Og (Both-And), consists of five books with the subtitles Monday[6], Tuesday[7] , Wednesday[8], Thursday[9] and Friday[10]. They are written as a dialogue between the retired television producer Cornelius Magnussen, who is highly erudite and currently admitted to the psychiatric ward, and a lifestyle journalist, Tenna E. Rasmussen, who interviews him for five days.

Over the course of the five days, they cover big history and a number of scientific theories explaining how nature and culture evolve: scale-free networks, thermodynamics, chaos theory, complexity theory, the concepts of memes and meme-plexes, and evolution itself. It is all connected in what Andersen calls Global Existentialism: what kind of species do we want to be?

The scientific theories are thus linked together and put in new contexts, e.g. Darwin's evolutionary theory being compared to Kierkegaard's teachings about the three stages. In the Wednesday-part, the protagonist Magnussen formulates a declaration of "global existentialism" which departs from the old perception of the world characterized by the linear, absolute and inflexible. Instead, the proposed new world view takes into account relativity, complementarity and quantum theory, posing that everything is unpredictable, complex and cannot be described in absolute terms. Here the concept of "Homo Liquens" (the liquid human being) is introduced, as opposed to being "one or the other", which refers to Kierkegaard's Either-Or. Global Existentialism must also be political since human beings have a universal civil obligation.[11] In order to preserve the rule of law, humanity, democracy and pluralism, approaches that embrace "both and" are needed for global and complex solutions.

Andersen's later books, such as Globalt gearskift (Globally Shifting Up) from 2014, all approach the complexity of the future and how we can prepare for it.

Awards and recognition

Andersen has received two Danish awards for her books:

  • In 2007 she was awarded the Ebbe Kløvedal Reichs Demokratistafet (The Ebbe Kløvedal Reich Democracy Baton, named after Danish author Ebbe Kløvedal Reich). The recipients of the Ebbe Reich Democratic Party are characterized by bringing the political debate to something beyond the usual.[12]
  • Andersen received the Doessingprisen (the Danish librarians’ award) in 2012 for her work in supporting and promoting democracy, debate and diversity.[13]

Bibliography

Baade-Og

  • Knallhatt, jesper (June 17, 2005). Baade-Og (in Danish). 1. part. Mandag (1 ed.). Det Andersenske Forlag. ISBN 9788799045600.
  • Knallhatt, jesper (September 19, 2006). Baade-Og (in Danish). 2. part. Tirsdag (2 ed.). Det Andersenske Forlag. ISBN 9788799045624.
  • Knallhatt, jesper (October 24, 2007). Baade-Og (in Danish). 3. part. Onsdag (1 ed.). Det Andersenske Forlag. ISBN 9788799045662.
  • Knallhatt, jesper (October 30, 2008). Baade-Og (in Danish). 4. part. Torsdag (1 ed.). Det Andersenske Forlag. ISBN 9788799045686.
  • Knallhatt, jesper (October 26, 2009). Baade-Og (in Danish). 5. part. Fredag (1 ed.). Det Andersenske Forlag. ISBN 9788799045693.

Other

  • Andersen, Lene (December 1, 2005). Grantræet (in Danish) (1 ed.). Det Andersenske Forlag. ISBN 9788799045617.
  • Andersen, Lene (2007). Frihed og demokrati (in Danish) (1 ed.). Det Andersenske Forlag. ISBN 9788799045648.
  • Andersen, Lene (August 18, 2011). Det åbne samfund og dets venner (in Danish) (1 ed.). Lene Andersen. ISBN 9788792240279.
  • Knallhatt, Jesper (May 5, 2013). Fire uetiske mænd i sengen (in Danish) (1 ed.). Lene Andersen. ISBN 9788792240279.
  • Andersen, Lene (November 4, 2013). Danmark 2030 (in Danish) (1 ed.). Det Andersenske Forlag. ISBN 9788792240460.
  • Andersen, Lene (May 5, 2014). Globalt gearskift (in Danish) (1 ed.). Det Andersenske Forlag. ISBN 9788792240552.
  • Andersen, Lene (2017). Testosteroned Child. Sad. Or the dawning of a new Renaissance? (1 ed.). Det Andersenske Forlag. ISBN 9788792240705.
  • Andersen, Lene (September 26, 2017). Fremtidens velfærd, fremtidens by – Et urbant gearskift (in Danish) (1 ed.). Det Andersenske Forlag. ISBN 978-87-92240-75-0.
  • Andersen, Lene; Björkman, Tomas (November 7, 2017). The Nordic Secret: A European story of beauty and freedom (1 ed.). Fri Tanke. ISBN 9188589102.
  • Wiki-projektet democracy-handbook.org, fra 2010[14]

References

  1. ↑ Remar, Dorte (March 21, 2014). "Filosoffen, der fandt sin plads i verden". Kristeligt Dagblad. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ Rasmussen, Morten (July 20, 2009). "Teologistudiet førte til konversion". Kristeligt Dagblad. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  3. ↑ Andersen, Lene. "About Both-And". www.baade-og.dk/english. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  4. ↑ Andersen, Lene. "Democracy Handbook". democracy-handbook.org. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  5. ↑ Andersen, Lene. "Det Andersenske forlag". andersenske.dk. Retrieved February 8, 2018.
  6. ↑ Hansen, Kin Toft. "Polyshistorens renæssance". www.kulturkapellet.dk/sagprosaanmeldelse.php?id=14. Kulturkapellet. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  7. ↑ Hansen, Kin Toft. "Tabet af "virkeligheden"". www.kulturkapellet.dk/sagprosaanmeldelse.php?id=34. Kulturkapellet. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  8. ↑ Hansen, Kin Toft. "Æstetikeren bliver voksen". www.kulturkapellet.dk/sagprosaanmeldelse.php?id=55. Kulturkapellet. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  9. ↑ Hansen, Kin Toft. "Spørge Jørgen slår igen". www.kulturkapellet.dk/sagprosaanmeldelse.php?id=76. Kulturkapellet. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  10. ↑ Hansen, Kin Toft. "Afkedsomificeret læring". www.kulturkapellet.dk/sagprosaanmeldelse.php?id=177. Kulturkapellet. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  11. ↑ Andersen, Carsten (December 17, 2006). "Det er svært at tænke småt". Retrieved May 12, 2017. , anmeldelse, Politiken, 17. december 2006
  12. ↑ "Demokratistafetten – Modtagere af stafetten". Demokratistafetten. Demokrati i Europa Oplysningsforbundet. 2007. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Lene Andersen, modtager af Døssingprisen 2012". Demokratistafetten – Modtagere af stafetten. Demokrati i Europa Oplysningsforbundet. 2007.
  14. ↑ "Håndbog i demokrati – P1 Formiddag". DR. March 30, 2010. Archived from the original on March 30, 2010. Retrieved May 12, 2017.

External references

  • "About Both-And". www.baade-og.dk/english/. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  • "knallhatt.dk – hva computern gemte..." knallhatt.dk. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  • "Det Andersenske Forlag – Gør det sjovt at blive klogere!". andersenske.dk. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  • "democracy-handbook.org". democracy-handbook.org. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  • "Lene Andersen". www.dfs.dk. Dansk Folkeoplysnings Samråd. Retrieved May 12, 2017.
  • "Next Scandinavia – Meaningful growth". www.nextscandinavia.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
  • "The Nordic Secret – A European Story". www.nordicsecret.org. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  • "Ebbe Kløvedal Reichs Demokratistafet". www.deo.dk/boeger/demokratistafetten/. Retrieved February 4, 2018.
  • "Demokratistafetten". www.grundtvig.dk/vartov/kalender/ebbe-reichs-demokratistafet.html. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  • "Doessingprisen". www.bf.dk/OmOs/Doessingprisen. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  • "Kierkegaard ville have varæt stolt". www.information.dk/kultur/anmeldelse/2008/06/kierkegaard-vaeret-stolt. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
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