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THE UTOPIANS - ANNA NEIMA TASCHENBUCH

'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

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