Joel Sternfeld: Sweet Earth
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (870 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 3958290213 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 132 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Neither a conventional history nor a conventional book of photography, Sweet Earth brings together what might otherwise seem disparate, individualized social phenomena and makes visible the community of communities. The 1990s and the early years of the new millennium have become yet another hotbed of social experimentation. As laissez-faire market forces sweep the globe and the earth's future seems endangered, the dream of living in concert with nature and with one another is increasingly essential. A common human longing throughout history, the utopian community ideal has taken root firmly in America over the past 200 years. In Sweet Earth: Experimental Utopias in America, Joel Sternfeld looks at 60 representative historic or present American utopias. A book that functions both as art, as well as a hopeful guide to alternative ways of life.. In the years between 1810 and 1850, hundreds of secular and religious societies bravely tried to build a “perfect” life for their members. When Thomas More wrote Utopia in 1516, he gave a name to an idea that had included the Epic of Gilgamesh, Plato's Republic and the Old Testament's and he started an argument. This tradition of thinking has ancient, universal precedents. Some of the late-1960s communes still survive and continue to flourish. At the same time, the rapid global expa