The Utopians - Six Attempts to Build the Perfect Society

Informationen zum Autor Anna Neima is a historian with a PhD from the University of Cambridge. She lives in north London with her husband and son. The Utopians is her first book. Klappentext The absorbing story of six utopian communities across the world, each of which sprang up in the aftermath of the First World War. Zusammenfassung 'Fascinating and richly documented . . . Few books manage to be so informative and so entertaining.' – Sunday Times Santiniketan-Sriniketan in India, Dartington Hall in England, Atarashiki Mura in Japan, the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man in France, the Bruderhof in Germany and Trabuco College in America: six experimental communities established in the aftermath of the First World War, each aiming to change the world. Anna Neima's The Utopians is an absorbing and vivid account of these collectives and their charismatic leaders and reveals them to be full of eccentric characters, outlandish lifestyles and unchecked idealism. Dismissed and even mocked in their time, yet, a century later, their influence still resonates in progressive education, environmentalism, medical research and mindfulness training. Without such inspirational experiments in how to live, post-war society would have been a poorer place. ' Thanks to Neima’s rigorous research, each chapter offers something new.' – Spectator ' Neima ranges with impressive confidence across the world'. – Literary Review

Product details

• Authors: Anna Neima, Neima Anna
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9781529023107
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-2310-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Aziza's Secret Fairy Door
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; History of Ideas, HISTORY / Civilization, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, General & world history, Social and cultural history, General and world history, Biography: philosophy and social sciences