Tag Archives: George Ripley

you can flee but you can’t hide

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Dave

The first utopia was the Garden of Eden, but since no person knew what it was like, anyone may create it in their own image, the reason being an unhappiness with the world as it exists, pushing efforts to imagine … Continue reading →

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the good life

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Dave

Robert Owen built his own commune only to learn that transcendental ideals and prayer and sometimes group sex, are not in itself sufficient to weld a community together. Owen, a cotton mill owner in Scotland of progressive ideals dreamed of … Continue reading →

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UTOPIAN DREAMS & SCHEMES and IN-BETWEENS

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Dave

What is Utopia and why does it attract both hope and skepticism in equal measure?  In a way that appears meaningful, it is a productive inner tensions between two tendencies: a positive optimistic utopianism and a negative utopian pessimism. A … Continue reading →

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