@article{693505,
      author = {Ṭopel, Menaḥem. and Ben Rafael, Eliezer. and Oved,  Iaácov.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/693505},
      title = {The communal idea in the 21st century [electronic  resource] /},
      publisher = {Brill,},
      abstract = {"The idea of a better society as associated with the  communal idea is investigated from both theoretical  perspectives and through contemporary experiences around  the world. This idea leaves nobody indifferent. Whatever  the hardship that its concretization implies, however, once  it does materialize, it cannot, as such avoid new  challenges, tensions and unexpected claims. This means, at  varying degrees, negations of, and removals from, the  "utopian inspiration". Humans are able to create  unprecedented conditions of life under most ambitious  inspirations, but are unable to safeguard their  achievements from change, alterations and contradictions.  In this, however, another aspect of the utopian  realizations is that they ultimately leave room for new  utopist thinking and enrolment. As far, indeed, the utopian  inspiration draws its vitality from potent civilizational  codes, its renewal from ashes is as unavoidable as its  self-betrayal through materialization."--Publisher's  website.},
      recid = {693505},
      pages = {1 online resource (xiii, 351 p.)},
      address = {Leiden ;},
      year = {2012},
}