{"product_id":"new-jerusalem-the-good-city-and-the-good-society","title":"New Jerusalem","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eUtopian thinking as to how people might live together more harmoniously—the dream of the perfect city, the New Jerusalem—has been revived in different forms and at different times, from early medieval monasteries to contemporary alternative communities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1902, Ebenezer Howard, renowned social reformer and founder of the garden movement, published \u003ci\u003eGarden Cities of To-Morrow,\u003c\/i\u003e a book originally to be called \u003ci\u003eNew Jerusalem \u003c\/i\u003eand a work that became one of the most influential town planning documents of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eNew Jerusalem: The Good City and the Good Society,\u003c\/i\u003e Ken Worpole reveals that utopian and visionary thinking, especially in relation to new forms of settlement and livelihood, has not gone away, even if it has gone underground.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With an unprecedented growth in the population of older people, along with increasing cultural and demographic change elsewhere in society, there is renewed interest in more convivial forms of urban design, as well as shared living. This interest draws on a long history of elective communities, including those influenced by the thought and works of Emanuel Swedenborg—a fascinating history with much to offer the architects and policymakers of today. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eNew Jerusalem: The Good City and the Good Society,\u003c\/i\u003e Ken Worpole reveals that utopian and visionary thinking, especially in relation to new forms of settlement and livelihood, has not gone away, even if it has gone underground.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With an unprecedented growth in the population of older people, along with increasing cultural and demographic change elsewhere in society, there is renewed interest in more convivial forms of urban design, as well as shared living. This interest draws on a long history of elective communities, including those influenced by the thought and works of Emanuel Swedenborg—a fascinating history with much to offer the architects and policymakers of today. \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Swedenborg Foundation","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":49060405575922,"sku":"9780854482047","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1690\/4178\/files\/8d19270b8547b7f3e33b9c7c5f0cd296_ef74e343-777b-4e47-b2ea-f9cb0b297741.jpg?v=1788765797","url":"https:\/\/bookshop.swedenborg.com\/products\/new-jerusalem-the-good-city-and-the-good-society","provider":"Swedenborg Foundation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}