"A spirited tour through 2,500 years of utopian thinking and experiments to tease out better ways of imagining our domestic lives - from childrearing and housing to gender roles and private property - and a look at the communities putting these seemingly fanciful visions into practice today"--
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Super fascinating and thought-provoking look at utopian/different visions for how societies can treat women, love, form families, raise children, educate, and consider ownership. How did we end up with the nuclear family being the go-to model? Why do governments discourage other forms of family structures? What utopian communities have failed and strived in the last 2000 years?
Are we okay with only the privileged having the opportunity and leisure to dream up better futures? Are we okay with them leaving for their utopian pockets, instead of fighting to change the established orders? How can we nurture our hope for a striving humanity and channel it into constructive change?
Why aren't there more utopian stories?
Did not expect this when I stared the book, but I think I might give Star Trek a chance now.
