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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 13 books in this booklist
£9.99 paperback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9780500295526 | ISBN 10: 0500295522
A compelling history of a perennially powerful idea: the quest for the ideal society. We have always dreamed of better societies. Philosophers, poets, reformers, architects and artists have imagined them in intricate detail, from Asia to the ... more
View book details£18.99 paperback (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781629633817 | ISBN 10: 162963381x
Michael Albert’s latest work, Practical Utopia is a succinct and thoughtful discussion of ambitious goals and practical principles for creating a desirable society. It presents concepts and their connections to current society; visions of what can ... more
View book details£10.99 paperback (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780099584636 | ISBN 10: 0099584638
Twenty years ago, Jacqueline Yallop was leading guided walks at Nenthead, one of a network of ‘model’ villages which sprang up across Britain during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. A life-long fascination was born. From Scotland’s N ... more
View book details£16.99 paperback (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780719096679 | ISBN 10: 0719096677
This collection of original essays examines the relationship between anarchism and utopianism, exploring the intersections and overlaps between these two fields of study and providing novel perspectives for the analysis of both. The book opens with a ... more
View book details£6.99 paperback (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780300186109 | ISBN 10: 030018610x
Saint Thomas More’s Utopia is one of the most important works of European humanism and serves as a key text in survey courses on Western intellectual history, the Renaissance, political theory, and many other subjects. Preeminent More scholar Clarenc ... more
View book details£39.99 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9780230231979 | ISBN 10: 0230231977
In this major new work by one of the leading writers on Utopian Studies, Ruth Levitas argues that a prospective future of ecological and economic crises poses a challenge to the utopian imaginary, to conceive a better world and alternative future. &n ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2012) - ISBN 13: 9781907869501 | ISBN 10: 1907869506
*** Includes a chapter from our very own Mandy!! *** The second annual themed compendium of writing by Five Leaves' authors and friends. The first, Maps, received positive reviews in the Guardian and Time Out, and sold out twice in ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781842433164 | ISBN 10: 1842433164
From the novel to the political manifesto, from satire to science fiction, utopia has always reflected the age that gave rise to it. The Pocket Essential Utopia takes the reader on a journey through these imaginary worlds, charting the prog ... more
View book details£17.00 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780300126020 | ISBN 10: 0300126026
In the wake of the monstrous projects of Hitler, Stalin, Mao, and others in the twentieth century, the idea of utopia has been discredited. Yet, historian Jay Winter suggests, alongside the “major utopians” who murdered millions in their attempts to ... more
View book details£14.99 paperback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780907123507 | ISBN 10: 0907123503
All over Britain and Ireland there are planned villages: for aesthetic, philanthropic or political reasons, for convenience and for ideals – the best known being Portmeirion, Port Sunlight, New Lanark and Bournville. Gillian Darley covers many hundre ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2005) - ISBN 13: 9780099477778 | ISBN 10: 0099477777
For over a hundred years the Pacific island of Pala has been the scene of a unique experiment in civilisation. Its inhabitants live in a society where western science has been brought together with eastern philosophy and humanism to create a paradise ... more
View book details£16.50 paperback (2001) - ISBN 13: 9780951494585 | ISBN 10: 0951494589
This book provides a wealth of information about communities, communes & co-operatives, of all types and scales, that existed in the UK from the 14th century until World War II. It brings the various characters to life, assisted by plenty of photogra ... more
View book details£20.00 paperback (2000) - ISBN 13: 9780571203178 | ISBN 10: 0571203175
Every age has its utopias, from Plato's Republic to contemporary sci-fi visions. In this spellbinding anthology John Carey charts the course of every conceivable dream world - whether communist, fascist, anarchist, green, golden age, techno-fantastic ... more
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