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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822779303321

Autore

Shenker Barry <1944->

Titolo

Intentional communities [[electronic resource] ] : ideology and alienation in communal societies / / Barry Shenker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Boston, : Routledge & Kegan Paul, [2010], c1986

ISBN

0-7100-9961-4

1-136-83769-8

1-283-04109-X

9786613041098

0-203-83263-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Collana

Routledge revivals

Disciplina

307.7/7/0926

307.770926

307.774

Soggetti

Collective settlements

Hutterian Brethren

Kibbutzim

Therapeutic communities

Alienation (Social psychology)

Ideology

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Part A; Chapter 1 The study of intentional communities; Chapter 2 A theory of alienation; Chapter 3 A theory of ideology; Part B; Chapter 4 Origins and development; Chapter 5 Ideology; Chapter 6 Ideology, structure and change; Chapter 7 Socialization; Chapter 8 The individual; Chapter 9 Deviance and conformity; Chapter 10 Exclusive relations; Part C; Chapter 11 Summary and conclusions: the nature and persistence of intentional communities; Notes; Select bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Some communities exist for tens, even hundreds, of years. Others short-lived. What, then, makes for communal 'success'? Bary Shenker, who lived on a Kibbutz for a number of years, compares the Hutterites,



the Kibbutzim and therapeutic communities - and argues that there is no simple formula. Through historical and sociological analysis, combined with personal experience and insight, the author provides fresh thoughts on a form of a social life which fascinates us all. First published in 1986.