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Andrew Malcolm, born 10 October 1948, is a British author and campaigner, who pursued a seven-year breach-of-contract claim against Oxford University Press, which he won with a landmark legal judgement in the Court of Appeal in 1990. Reporting on the verdict, Laurence Marks in the Observer wrote, 'It is the first time in living memory that Grub Street has won such a victory over its oppressors.'〔(Laurence Marks, 'A builder's dilaogue that silenced OUP', The Observer, 23 December 1990 )〕 The case ended in July 1992 with a Tomlin order, a damages settlement under the terms of which the servants and agents of Oxford University are for all time barred from denigrating Malcolm or his work ''Making Names'',〔(Phil Baty, 'Whistleblowers', The Times Higher Education Supplement, 22 February 2002 ) '〕〔(Consent or 'Tomlin' Order of Master Barratt in the High Court of Justice, 1 July 1992. Ref. no. Ch. 1986 M. 7710 )〕 rendering it the first book in literary history to be afforded such legal protection. Malcolm published ''Making Names'' himself in 1992 under the imprint Akme and, according to WorldCat, the book is held in 21 libraries.〔( WorldCat book entry )〕 This was followed in 1999 by his second book, ''The Remedy'', an account of his battle with the OUP, which, according to WorldCat, is held in 17 libraries.〔( WorldCat book entry )〕 Malcolm went on to campaign against the Oxford Press's charitable status and tax exemption,〔(Andrew Malcolm, 'The Oxbridge presses aren't charities, but are given unfair tax breaks', The Guardian, 15 April 2009 )〕 and was described by Private Eye as 'the scourge of OUP'.〔(Books and Bookmen, Private Eye, 17 May 2002 )〕 ==Making Names== Malcolm's first book, ''Making Names'', is a philosophical dialogue "in which two strangers meet one summer’s morning in a near-miss car accident: Andrew Cause is a philosopher, Malcolm Effect a research scientist. In their ensuing day-long conversation, Cause subjects Effect to a sustained sceptical attack upon the inadequacies and inconsistencies of his world-view. Traditional problems are introduced, including those of mind and body, cause and effect, free will, universals and the nature of moral goodness. Cause identifies the scientist’s particle theory of matter as a crucially mistaken and hopeless metaphysics which has now outlived any usefulness. Step by step, Effect is reduced to a state of confusion, and finally he demands that Cause produce an alternative. In a literally dramatic climax the philosopher invokes a new model which, he claims, gets to the heart of things..."〔Andrew Malcolm, ''Making Names'', AKME publications, 1993〕 After a nine-month negotiation, in May 1985, Malcolm's book was accepted for publication, subject to certain revisions, by the OUP general books editor, Henry Hardy. In correspondence, Malcolm stated that he would only do further work if he received Oxford’s firm commitment to the book’s publication. Hardy gave him this commitment in a telephone call, which Malcolm recorded. In a subsequent letter, Hardy wrote,'I'm pleased that we are going to do your book, and hope that it's a terrific success.'〔('Malcolm wins appeal against OUP', The Bookseller, 21 December 1990 )〕OUP also had the book refereed by two Oxford philosophers, Alan Ryan of New College and Galen Strawson of St Hugh's. Ryan wrote, 'It's philosophically rather good, I think - it makes one of the shrewdest cases for a sort of Collingwoodian Idealism that I've read....''Making Names'' is well worth doing, both because it is interesting in itself, and because it's a bold attempt to do philosophy in an unusual literary format.'〔(Report from Alan Ryan to Henry Hardy, 11 February 1985 )〕 Strawson reported, "''Making Names'' is really quite an attractive book. It is in no way crazy. It is very easy to read. Malcolm has a real gift for informal exposition....He is very clear and he knows what he's talking about....I think ''Making Names'' might prove extremely effective as an introduction to philosophical problems and procedures."〔(Report from Galen Strawson to Henry Hardy, 14 July 1985 )〕 In Hardy's own account, Malcolm's book then 'fell victim to an internal disagreement at Oxford University Press'〔(Henry Hardy,'Any Final Say in War of Words?' Times Higher Education Supplement, 30 March 2001 )〕 when its managing director, Richard Charkin, overruled Hardy's favourable view of the book, served him with a disciplinary warning, and transferred him to another department of OUP. When Malcolm returned six months later with the book revised as agreed, he found that it was instead to be handled by a junior editor Nicola Bion, who turned it down. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrew Malcolm (author)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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