New Jerusalem - The Good City and the Good Society

In New Jerusalem: The Good City and the Good Society, Ken Worpole reveals that utopian and visionary thinking, especially in relation to new forms of settlement and livelihood, has not gone away, even if it has gone underground.

With an unprecedented growth in the population of older people, along with increasing cultural and demographic change elsewhere in society, there is renewed interest in more convivial forms of urban design, as well as shared living. This interest draws on a long history of elective communities, including those influenced by the thought and works of Emanuel Swedenborg--a fascinating history with much to offer the architects and policymakers of today.

About the author

Ken Worpole has written books on architecture, landscape, and contemporary culture; and he is professor emeritus at London Metropolitan University. Recent publications include Modern Hospice Design (2009), The New English Landscape (with photographer James Orton, 2013), and Contemporary Library Architecture (2013).

Product details

• Authors: Ken Worpole
• Publisher: Swedenborg Foundation
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.11.2015
• EAN: 9780854482047
• ISBN: 978-0-85448-204-7
• No. of pages: 90
• Dimensions: 134 mm x 205 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 229 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education