Earth Perfect? Nature, Utopia and the Garden
Earth Perfect? Nature, Utopia and the Garden
$45.00
Giesecke, Annette and Naomi Jacobs. Earth Perfect? Nature, Utopia and the Garden. Black
Dog Publishing
Pap. 2012
Book ID: 91763
An eclectic, yet rigorous reflection on the relationship, historical, present and future, between humanity and the garden. Through the lens of Utopian Studies, the interdisciplinary field that encompasses fictions all the way through to actual political projects, and urban ideals; in a nutshell, addressing the human natural drive towards the ideal Earth Perfect? brings together a selection of inspiring essays, each contributed by foremost writers from the fields of architecture, history of art, classics, cultural studies, farming, geography, horticulture, landscape architecture, law, literature, philosophy, urban planning and the natural sciences.
240 pp.
