The Modern Utopian: Utopia, U.S.A.
San Francisco: Alternatives Foundation, 1972. Signature-bound quarto in photo-illustrated wraps. 231pp. The Modern Utopian is the result of years of critical research into the conceptual and praxis of utopian consciousness and lifestyle. This era of politics is marked by the author as reaching from the intellectual front---students who read Walden Two and Stranger in a Strange Land---who were opposed to Vietnam and advocating for the legalization of Marijuana. This line of thinking led the author away from that front to strategizing the legitimacy of a utopian as someone who believes that there is a possible society that is better than the one to which one is born. And after one year of editing and publishing The Modern Utopian as a bi-monthly periodical of these investigations during 1970, the author arrived at two conclusions: '1.) I didn't like visiting communes, which seemed to me like a sort of voyeurism with gall, and 2.) that in order to really experience alternatives I had to reach beyond the narrow confines of the old USA and get to Europe and Asia...
Over the course of 1971, the author traveled the world and then returned with new ideas to explore at home. The present volume is the author's decision to re-visit communes across the United States and re-examine the ideas of communal living from the perspective of observers and participants in these communal settings. It is intended to be a guide to collectivized and intentional communities, an insight into how others decided to create and participate in their own societies. Very good with lightly soiled and worn wraps, some foxing to cover with softened corners. Item #1478
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