The Utopians Av Anna Neima

<p><b>'Fascinating and richly documented . . . Few books manage to be so informative and so entertaining.' –</b> <b><i>Sunday Times</i></b><br><br>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.<br><br>Anna Neima's <i>The Utopians</i> 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.<br><br>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.<br><br><b>'</b><b>Thanks to Neima’s rigorous research, each chapter offers something new.' </b><b>– <i>Spectator</i></b><br><br><b><i>'</i>Neima ranges with impressive confidence across the world'. </b><b>– </b><b><i>Literary Review</i></b></p>