Where Community Happens The Kibbutz and the Philosophy of Communalism / Henry Near.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Near, Henry, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 pages)

Other Title:

Knowledge Unlatched.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Peter Lang International Academic Publishers, 2011.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In reaction to the spread of globalization, recent years have seen considerable growth in the number of intentional communities established across the world. In this collection of articles and lectures, many of them previously unpublished in English, the author analyzes various aspects of the philosophy of the kibbutz and draws parallels with other societies and philosophical trends, in the hope that a close look at the ways of thought of the kibbutz â€" arguably the best-established communalist society â€" may help other communalists crystallize their own social philosophies. Utopian thought and communal experience are brought to life through the extensive use of the voices of some of the most influential thinkers and kibbutz members of the past hundred years, including Martin Buber and David Ben Gurion.

Contents:

Part 1 The Collective Experience 1

Chapter 1 The Collective Experience: Universal and Particular 3

Chapter 2 Christians and Others 17

Chapter 3 I, Thou, We: Buber's Theory of Community and the Kibbutz 31

Chapter 4 Ben Gurion as Philosopher: Equality and Partnership 59

Part 2 Utopianism and Post-Utopianism 67

Chapter 5 Utopian and Post-Utopian Thought: The Kibbutz Model 69

Chapter 6 Utopia Reconsidered: The Agrarian Ethos, Then and Now 101

Chapter 7 Post-Utopian Women: Changing Concepts of Gender Equality in the Kibbutz 109

Part 3 Pioneering 119

Chapter 8 The Concept of Pioneering in Zionist Thought 121

Chapter 9 Frontiersmen and Halutzim: The Image of the Pioneer in Palestine/Israel and the US 141

Chapter 10 Youth Movements and the Kibbutz 169

Part 4 Looking Outwards 195

Chapter 11 Paths to Utopia: The Kibbutz as a Movement for Social Change 197.

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Description based on print version record.

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KU Select 2017: Backlist Collection

BiblioBoard internal publisher id: 101530

ISBN:

9783034301336