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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783890503321

Autore

Fishman Aryei

Titolo

Judaism and collective life : self and community in the religious kibbutz / / Aryei Fishman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

1-138-00864-8

1-134-43922-9

1-280-28043-3

9786610280438

0-203-21737-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (157 pages)

Collana

Routledge studies in religion ; ; 1

Disciplina

307.77/6

Soggetti

Orthodox Judaism - Social aspects - Israel

Kibbutzim - Sociological aspects

Kibbutzim - Religion

Social interaction - Israel

Action theory

Jewish sociology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [122]-142) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents

Sommario/riassunto

Examining the relationship between Judaism as a religious culture and kibbutz life, this is a ground-breaking work in the research of Judaism.The book takes as its point of departure the historical fact that it was Orthodox pioneers of German origin, in contrast to their Eastern European counterparts, who successfully developed religious kibbutz life. Employing sociological concepts and methods, the author examines the correlations between two evolutionary phases in kibbutz development and two modes of Judaism: the rational Halakhic and the emotive Hassidic modes. In doing this, he explore