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No heavenly delusion? : a comparative study of three communal movements / Michael Tyldesley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tyldesley, Mike.
- Series:
- Liverpool studies in European regional cultures ; 8.
- Liverpool studies in European and regional cultures ; 10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religious communities--History.
- Religious communities.
- Collective settlements--History.
- Collective settlements.
- Kibbutzim--History.
- Kibbutzim.
- Bruderhof Communities--History.
- Bruderhof Communities.
- Christian communities--History.
- Christian communities.
- Youth movements--Germany--History.
- Youth movements.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 211 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-205) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-78138-781-8
- 1-84631-367-8
- 1-4175-6813-5
- OCLC:
- 476210124
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