Prefiguring Utopia: The Auroville Experiment

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Suryamayi Aswini Clarence-Smith (Sri Aurobindo Institute of International Educational Research)

Prefiguring Utopia

The Auroville Experiment

Suryamayi Aswini Clarence-Smith (Sri Aurobindo Institute of International Educational Research)

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Bristol University Press
21 September 2023

Spirituality & religious experience; Alternative lifestyles; Social & cultural anthropology; Anarchism; Urban economics

Series: Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century

Auroville in Tamil Nadu, South India, is an internationally recognised endeavour in prefiguring an alternative society: the largest, most diverse, dynamic and enduring of intentional communities worldwide.

This book is a critical and insightful analysis of the utopian practice of this unique spiritual township, by a native scholar. The author explores how Auroville’s founding spiritual and societal ideals are engaged in its communal political and economic organisation, as well as various cultural practices and what enables and sustains this prefiguratively utopian practice.

This in-depth, autoethnographic case-study is an important resource for understanding prefigurative and utopian experiments — their challenges, potentialities, and significance for the advancement of human society.

By: Suryamayi Aswini Clarence-Smith (Sri Aurobindo Institute of International Educational Research)
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781529230789
ISBN 10: 1529230780
Series: Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century
Pages: 202
Publication Date: 21 September 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword - Bem Le Hunte 1. All Life is Yoga: An Introduction Part 1: Culture 2. Auroville Is … 3. A Spiritually Prefigurative Culture: The Uniqueness of Auroville’s Utopian Practice Part 2: Polis 4. Divine Anarchy? The Development of the Auroville Polity 5. Spiritually Prefigurative Politics in Practice: An Embodied Account of an Auroville Community Decision-Making Process Part 3: Economy 6. 'No Exchange of Money'? The Development of Auroville’s Communal Economy 7. The Institutional Potential of Prefigurative Experiments: The Evolution of Collective Accounts in Auroville 8. Auroville and Beyond: The Grounded Hopes and Horizons of Spiritually Prefigurative Practice – A Conclusion Afterword - Ana Cecilia Dinerstein

Suryamayi Aswini Clarence-Smith is a scholar, activist and educator based in Auroville, India, the largest intentional community in the world, where she is affiliated with the Sri Aurobindo Institute of International Educational Research.