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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826560703321

Autore

Tyldesley Mike

Titolo

No heavenly delusion? : a comparative study of three communal movements / / Michael Tyldesley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Liverpool, : Liverpool University Press, 2003

ISBN

1-78138-781-8

1-84631-367-8

1-4175-6813-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 211 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Liverpool studies in European and regional cultures ; ; 10

Disciplina

307.77

Soggetti

Religious communities - History

Collective settlements - History

Kibbutzim - History

Bruderhof Communities - History

Christian communities - History

Youth movements - Germany - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-205) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chronologies; Introduction; Chapter 1: The German Youth Movement; Chapter 2: Introducing the Movements; Chapter 3: 'Of One Mind' - The Bruderhof; Chapter 4: 'Exodus' - The Integrierte Gemeinde; Chapter 5: Kehilatenyu - Our Community - The Kibbutz; Chapter 6: Comparative Findings; Chapter 7: Against the Stream?; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

No Heavenly Delusion? analyses three movements of communal living, the Kibbutz, the Bruderhof and the Integrierte Gemeinde, all of which can trace their origins to the German Youth Movement of the first part of the twentieth century. The book looks at the alternative societies and economies the movements have created, their interactions with the wider world, and their redrawing of the boundaries of the public and private spheres of their members. The comparative approach taken allows a picture of dissimilarities and similarities to emerge that goes beyond merely obvious points of difference. Tyldesley places these movements in the context of intellectual trends in late nineteenth- and



twentieth-century Europe and especially Germany, and enables the reader to evaluate their wider significance.