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Everyday Utopia

By Kristen Ghodsee

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Everyday Utopia

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Anthropologist Kristen Ghodsee looks at pioneering experiments in communal living to present a rousing argument for rethinking what we mean by home. 'A must-read' THOMAS PIKETTY 'Just wonderful' ANGELA SAINI Throughout history and around the world today, forward-thinking communities have pioneered alternative ways of living together, sharing property and raising children. In Everyday Utopia, anthropologist Kristen Ghodsee explores what we can learn from these experiments - from the ancient Greek commune founded by Pythagoras to the trail-blazing feminists of the French Revolution, from the cohousing movement in contemporary Denmark to the flourishing ecovillages of Colombia and Portugal. She shows why utopian thinking is essential to making a fairer world and that many of the best ways of getting there begin at home. 'This warm, intelligent and lucid book takes us on a deep dive into how people have created better systems for living - systems that actually work' ROBERT WALDINGER, author of The Good Life and director of the Harvard Study of Adult Developmet 'Exhilarating. A powerful reminder that dreaming of better worlds is not just some fantastical project but also a very serious political one' REBECCA TRAISTER, author of Good and Mad 'Splendid. Invigorating writing for a cheerless era' YANIS VAROUFAKIS, author of Technofeudalism 'A vision of what our future could be if we dare to dream' SUSAN NEIMAN, Left Is Not Woke
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
2
Number of Pages:
352
Release Date:
2024-05-16
Publication Date:
2024-05-16
Publisher:
Random House UK Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1529925487
ISBN13:
9781529925487
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
282 g
Height:
138 cm
Width:
196 cm
Thickness:
26 cm
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