Edward Rothstein is Cultural Critic at Large for The New York Times. He has been Chief Music Critic of the Times, music critic for The New Republic, and has written on a wide variety of subjects for Commentary, The New York Review of Books and other publications. He is the author of Emblems of Mind: The Inner Life of Music and Mathematics.Martin Marty is Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago. The most respected religious historian in America, he has written over fifty books, was a senior editor of The Christian Century, and has won many awards, including the National Book Award and the National Humanities Medal.Herbert Muschamp is Architecture Critic for The New York Times. He is the author of Man About Town: Frank Lloyd Wright in New York City.

In their cautionary and inspiring essays on the history of utopian practice and thought... Edward Rothstein, Herbert Muschcamp, and Martin E. Marty maintain that while the road to utopia often leads to failure or dystopia, the utopian impulse and quest is in itself of great value. With impassioned acuity, Rothstein, a cultural critic at The New York Times, analyzes the legacy of literary and political utopias.

Edward Rothstein is Cultural Critic at Large for The New York Times. He has been Chief Music Critic of the Times, music critic for The New Republic, and has written on a wide variety of subjects for Commentary, The New York Review of Books and other publications. He is the author of Emblems of Mind: The Inner Life of Music and Mathematics.Martin Marty is Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago. The most respected religious historian in America, he has written over fifty books, was a senior editor of The Christian Century, and has won many awards, including the National Book Award and the National Humanities Medal.Herbert Muschamp is Architecture Critic for The New York Times. He is the author of Man About Town: Frank Lloyd Wright in New York City.

In their cautionary and inspiring essays on the history of utopian practice and thought... Edward Rothstein, Herbert Muschcamp, and Martin E. Marty maintain that while the road to utopia often leads to failure or dystopia, the utopian impulse and quest is in itself of great value. With impassioned acuity, Rothstein, a cultural critic at The New York Times, analyzes the legacy of literary and political utopias.