The communal idea in the 21st century [electronic resource] / edited by Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Yaacov Oved, Menachem Topel.
Ṭopel, Menaḥem.; Ben Rafael, Eliezer.; Oved, Iaácov.
2012
HX630 .C62 2012eb
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Title The communal idea in the 21st century [electronic resource] / edited by Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Yaacov Oved, Menachem Topel.
ISBN 9789004236257 (electronic book)
9789004207455
Imprint Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiii, 351 p.)
Call Number HX630 .C62 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 307.77
Summary "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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Added Author Ṭopel, Menaḥem.
Ben Rafael, Eliezer.
Oved, Iaácov.
Series International comparative social studies, 1568-4474 ; 30
International comparative social studies ; 30.
Available in Other Form Communal idea in the 21st century.
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Part 1: Reflexions and theoretical perspectives. General Thoughts about the Communal Idea / Amitai Etzioni ; Developmental Communalism into the Twenty-First Century / Donald E. Pitzer ; Theorizing Intentional Community in the Twenty-First Century / Lyman Tower Sargent ; Contemporary Communalism at a Time of Crisis / Graham Meltzer ; Commune and Community: a Socialist Perspective / Yiftah Goldman.
Part 2: The diversity of challenges. Communes and Communities: History and Perspective / Yaacov Oved ; Historical Perspectives on Participation / György Széll ; Community: Greatly Needed but Hard to Achieve / Timothy Miller ; Communal Aspects of Contemporary Life / Shulamit Reinharz ; In the Collective Interest: Job Quality / Chris Warhurst and Katherine Trebeck.
Part 3: A multi-sided praxis. The Communal Idea in 21st Century Australia and New Zealand / Bill Metcalf ; Renewing Traditional Communality / Menachem Topel ; Christian and Messianic Jews' Communes in Israel: Past, Present and Future / Rami Degani and Ruth Kark ; Gender, Power and Equality: Women's Roles in Hutterite Society / Yossi Katz and John C. Lehr.
Part 4: A critical test: the transformation of the Kibbutz. The Reciprocal Relationship between Feminism and Communal Life / Michal Palgi ; Kibbutz Education: Characteristics, Changes and Future Relevance / Maria Fölling-Albers ; Kibbutz: Survival at Risk / Eliezer Ben-Rafael.

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