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Joseph Blasidocuments And Describes The Workings Of An Existing Kibbutz Society To Provide A Model For Utopian Thinking And Clear Up Confusion Concerning Utopian Values. He Details The History And Development Of Kibbutz Vatik (a Pseudonym), Providing A Systematic Record Of Kibbutz Culture: Daily Life And Social Arrangements, Economic Cooperation And Work, Politics, Education, And Attitudes Of Community Members. Despite Its Advantages As A Model Utopia, The Kibbutz Is Not A Perfect Society. Having Eliminated The Most Serious Forms Of Social, Economic, Political, And Educational Fragmentation And Violence, The Communal Group Is Left With The Complicated And Mounting Problems Of Keeping A Fellowship Alive And Well. Blasi Assesses The Community's Advantages And Disadvantages, Illuminating The Interlocking Dilemmas That Cut Across Social And Political Concerns. The Communal Experience Of The Kibbutz Updates Our Knowledge Of Kibbutz Life In Light Of Recent Research. It Gives A Detailed Account Of The Utopian Community In The Kibbutz And Its Activities. The Special Quality Of The Kibbutz, Blasi Argues, Lies Not So Much In Its Proven Success Vis-a-vis Other Communal Societies, But In

Author

Joseph Raphael Blasi

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781351484770

Subjects

Sociology, Social Science, Social_sciences