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Author Tyldesley, Michael

Title No Heavenly Delusion? : a Comparative Study of Three Communal Movements
Published Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (223 pages)
Series Studies in European Regional Cultures, 10
Studies in European Regional Cultures, 10
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
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."--JSTOR website (viewed May 26, 2017)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Catholic Integrated Community -- History
Kibbutzim -- History
Bruderhof Communities -- History
Religious communities -- History
Collective settlements -- History
Christian communities -- History
Youth movements -- Germany -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
Bruderhof Communities.
Catholic Integrated Community.
Kibbutzim.
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781846313677
1846313678
9781781387818
1781387818
0853236089
9780853236085