No Heavenly Delusion?: A Comparative Study of Three Communal Movements
Michael Tyldesley
Abstract
This book 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. It 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. The book places t ... More
Keywords: communal living, Kibbutz, Bruderhof, Integrierte Gemeinde, German Youth Movement, alternative societies, Europe, public sphere, private sphere, Germany
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2003 | Print ISBN-13: 9780853236085 |
| Published to Liverpool Scholarship Online: June 2013 | DOI:10.5949/UPO9781846313677 |
