{"product_id":"the-last-utopians-9780691154169","title":"The Last Utopians","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018\"\u003cbr\u003e\"[I]nstructive and touching.\"\u003cb\u003e---Adam Gopnik, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An extremely reliable as well as accessible introduction to the ferment of utopian ideas and practical experiments that . . . made the politics of the late nineteenth century fizz with an almost unprecedented sense of political possibility.\"\u003cb\u003e---Matthew Beaumont, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this timely analysis . . . Robertson leaves readers with nourishing food for thought from another era.\" * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003e\"[I]n their time, all four were culture heroes: best-selling authors, popular lecturers, public figures, and objects of veneration and pilgrimage. Michael Robertson, an English professor at the College of New Jersey, has undertaken to tell their story . . . with sympathy and insight.\"\u003cb\u003e---George Scialabba, \u003ci\u003eArts Fuse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Last Utopians\u003c\/i\u003e is a message in a bottle from an era that looked to the future with optimism.\"\u003cb\u003e---Robert Greer, \u003ci\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the most engaging features of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Utopians\u003c\/i\u003e is the author’s determination to personally explore and report on the projects of the 'contemporary partial utopians' who understand that 'utopianism is essential to society, that without it, we’re reduced to a resigned acceptance of a morally intolerable status quo.'\" * Town Topics *\u003cbr\u003e\"[Michael Robertson] has a commendably clear and enjoyable literary style. It is always welcome to read a book from an academic press that is written to be understood rather than to impress.\"\u003cb\u003e---Richard Howells, \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Robertson sees the utopians of today as inheritors of the 'legacy' of his four—as a way, perhaps, of keeping fresh their relevance to our own times, which might otherwise appear to be obscure.\"\u003cb\u003e---James Bowman, \u003ci\u003eWeekly Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fascinating book.\"\u003cb\u003e---John Rimmer, \u003ci\u003eMagonia Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Last Utopians \u003c\/i\u003ehas arrived at the right time.\"\u003cb\u003e---Steve Toase, \u003ci\u003eFortean Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There is no doubt that Robertson is a talented writer.\"\u003cb\u003e---Peter J. Maurits, \u003ci\u003eFantastika\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403790098775,"sku":"9780691154169","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691154169.jpg?v=1730484551","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-last-utopians-9780691154169","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}