Bücher von Malcolm (University of Plymouth Miles

Divided into four parts, this book investigates twentieth-century urban utopianism and contemporary alternative settlements focusing on social and environmental issues, activism and eco-village living. It links utopian experiments to historical and literary Utopias, and to theoretical problems in utopian thought.

Features an account of the relations between contemporary cities and the cultures they produce which questions the received ideas of what constitutes a city's culture, through cases in which different kinds of culture are seen to be differently used in, or affected by, the development of particular cities.

Environmentalists, whether engaged in direct action or creating new models of sustainable industry and settlement, propose radical changes in the values and organization of society. This title explores if new practices in the arts and architecture can reshape values and create a new consciousness.