Highly Desirable: Tales of London’s super-prime property from the Secret Agent

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de Geus, Marius (1996). Ecologische utopieën – Ecotopia's en het milieudebat. Uitgeverij Jan van Arkel. Spanning the course of a year, Max - the alias of London's most exclusive property agent - guides us through the unimaginable highs and bank-breaking lows of his business, where houses sell for up to GBP170 million and discretion is key. a b Martha A. Bartter, The Utopian Fantastic, "Momutes", Robin Anne Reid, p. 101 ISBN 0-313-31635-X

In many cultures, societies, and religions, there is some myth or memory of a distant past when humankind lived in a primitive and simple state but at the same time one of perfect happiness and fulfillment. In those days, the various myths tell us, there was an instinctive harmony between humanity and nature. People's needs were few and their desires limited. Both were easily satisfied by the abundance provided by nature. Accordingly, there were no motives whatsoever for war or oppression. Nor was there any need for hard and painful work. Humans were simple and pious and felt themselves close to their God or gods. According to one anthropological theory, hunter-gatherers were the original affluent society. A utopia ( / j uː ˈ t oʊ p i ə/ yoo- TOH-pee-ə) typically describes an imaginary community or society that possesses highly desirable or near-perfect qualities for its members. [1] It was coined by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia, which describes a fictional island society in the New World. It can also refer to an intentional community. Science and technology [ edit ] Utopian flying machines, France, 1890–1900 (chromolithograph trading card) Ideology and Utopia: an Introduction to the Sociology of Knowledge (1936), by Karl Mannheim, translated by Louis Wirth and Edward Shils. New York, Harcourt, Brace. See original, Ideologie Und Utopie, Bonn: Cohen.It is not easy to write a review for this book because I find it hard to separate the content of the book with the judgemental. Utopianism: A Very Short Introduction (2010), by Lyman Tower Sargent. Oxford: Oxford University Press. And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. Out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. [...]

Definitions | Utopian Literature in English: An Annotated Bibliography From 1516 to the Present". openpublishing.psu.edu . Retrieved 4 September 2022.A hugely fun tale of how the super-rich buy their super-prime lairs - I was absolutely boggled throughout. Toto, I have a feeling we're not on Rightmove anymore . . .' - MARINA HYDE

People all over the world organized and built intentional communities with the hope of developing a better way of living together. While many of these new small communities failed, some continue to grow, such as the religion-based Twelve Tribes, which started in the United States in 1972. Since its inception, it has grown into many groups around the world. Existential Utopia: New Perspectives on Utopian Thought (2011), edited by Patricia Vieira and Michael Marder. London & New York: Continuum. ISBN 1-4411-6921-0 Robert Paul Sutton, Communal Utopias and the American Experience: Religious Communities (2003) p. 38Nesse, Randolph M. (2007). "Runaway social selection for displays of partner value and altruism". Biological Theory. Springer Science+Business Media. 2 (2): 143–55. doi: 10.1162/biot.2007.2.2.143. S2CID 195097363.

It is indeed fascinating for a glimpse into how this people business works amongst estate agents and the rich. The inter personal dynamics. What I find interesting is to see that the estate agents get to travel and hang out with their clients. The boundaries of business and friendship are blurred at time. The fact that the rich lets the estate agents into their lives and seek/give life advice is a reflection of their own loneliness in the world of the rich. From Sir Philip Sidney's prose romance The Old Arcadia (1580), originally a region in the Peloponnesus, Arcadia became a synonym for any rural area that serves as a pastoral setting, a locus amoenus ("delightful place"). Grove, Richard (1995). "Green imperialism: colonial expansion, tropical island Edens, and the origins of environmentalism, 1600-1860". Cambridge University Press . Retrieved 14 August 2022. If the youngsters learn to live useful and independent lives, that must surely be the most desirable outcomeMaddegama, Udaya (1993). Sermon of the Chronicle-to-be. Motilal Banarsidass. pp.32–33. ISBN 9788120811331. The Oneida Community, founded by John Humphrey Noyes in Oneida, New York, was a utopian religious commune that lasted from 1848 to 1881. Although this utopian experiment has become better known today for its manufacture of Oneida silverware, it was one of the longest-running communes in American history. The Amana Colonies were communal settlements in Iowa, started by radical German pietists, which lasted from 1855 to 1932. The Amana Corporation, manufacturer of refrigerators and household appliances, was originally started by the group. Other examples are Fountain Grove (founded in 1875), Riker's Holy City and other Californian utopian colonies between 1855 and 1955 (Hine), as well as Sointula [22] in British Columbia, Canada. The Amish and Hutterites can also be considered an attempt towards religious utopia. A wide variety of intentional communities with some type of faith-based ideas have also started across the world. English–Arabic English–Bengali English–Catalan English–Czech English–Danish English–Hindi English–Korean English–Malay English–Marathi English–Russian English–Tamil English–Telugu English–Thai English–Turkish English–Ukrainian English–Vietnamese In the United States and Europe, during the Second Great Awakening (ca. 1790–1840) and thereafter, many radical religious groups formed utopian societies in which faith could govern all aspects of members' lives. These utopian societies included the Shakers, who originated in England in the 18th century and arrived in America in 1774. A number of religious utopian societies from Europe came to the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries, including the Society of the Woman in the Wilderness (led by Johannes Kelpius (1667–1708)), the Ephrata Cloister (established in 1732) and the Harmony Society, among others. The Harmony Society was a Christian theosophy and pietist group founded in Iptingen, Germany, in 1785. Due to religious persecution by the Lutheran Church and the government in Württemberg, [21] the society moved to the United States on October 7, 1803, settling in Pennsylvania. On February 15, 1805, about 400 followers formally organized the Harmony Society, placing all their goods in common. The group lasted until 1905, making it one of the longest-running financially successful communes in American history.