The Construction of Ideal Cities and their Spiritualistic Background

这项名为《理想城市的构建及其精神背景》的研究项目旨在追溯19世纪初罗伯特·欧文的新拉纳克和20世纪初埃比尼泽·霍华德的花园城市运动的社群主义实验，并证明他们的英国社会主义运动受到了千禧年主义和精神主义等宗教热情的极大影响。2001年，我通过将欧文在新拉纳克的社群主义实验与Shaker社区进行比较来思考欧文所说的世俗的千禧年主义是什么意思。我于7月31日至8月22日在新拉纳克和莱奇沃斯花园城市进行了实地考察，收集了相关的研究材料。2002年，我一直在研究霍华德是如何形成他的花园城市理念的，以及他是如何尝试建设英国第一个花园城市莱奇沃斯的。7月31日至8月15日，我在法国莱奇沃斯花园城和Arc-et-Senans的皇家盐厂进行了实地考察，收集了相关的研究材料，特别是从赫特福德郡档案馆收集的材料。

The purpose of this research project, The Construction of Ideal Cities and their Spiritualistic Background, is to trace the communitarian experiment of Robert Owen's New Lanark in the early 19th century and Garden City movement of Ebenezer Howard in the early 20th century, and to prove that their British socialist movements were greatly influenced by the religious enthusiasm such as Millenarianism and spiritualism.In 2001, I considered what Owen meant by the secular Millenarianism by comparing his communitarian experiment in New Lanark with Shaker community. I made a fieldwork in New Lanark and Letchworth Garden City from 31 July to 22 August, and collected the relevant research materials.In 2002, I kept on the research on how Howard created his idea on Garden City and in what way he tried to construct Letchworth, the first Garden City in UK. I made a fieldwork in Letchworth Garden City and the Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans in France from 31 July to 15 August, and collected the related research materials, especially from Hertfordshire County Archive.