No heavenly delusion? [[electronic resource] ] : a comparative study of three communal movements / / Michael Tyldesley

• Autore: Tyldesley Mike
• Pubblicazione: Liverpool, : Liverpool University Press, 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (223 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.77
• Soggetto topico: Religious communities - History; Collective settlements - History; Kibbutzim - History; Bruderhof Communities - History; Christian communities - History; Youth movements - Germany - History
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• 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. T
• Titolo autorizzato: No heavenly delusion
• ISBN: 1-78138-781-8; 1-84631-367-8; 1-4175-6813-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451778203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Liverpool studies in European regional cultures ; ; 8.