A01=Joseph Blasi
Author_Joseph Blasi
Category=JHB
collective decision making
Common Language
communal living research
contemporary communal society analysis
Direct Democracy
egalitarian societies
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Good Life
Group Soul
HaShomer HaTzair
Hired Labor
Individual Community Dialectic
intentional communities
Kibbutz Artzi
Kibbutz Artzi Federation
Kibbutz Children
Kibbutz Economic
Kibbutz Education
Kibbutz High School
Kibbutz Industry
Kibbutz Institutions
Kibbutz Life
Kibbutz Members
Kibbutz Movement
Kibbutz Society
Kibbutz Vatik
Middle Aged Members
Moshav Shitufi
Personal Development
social organization theory
Twin Oaks Community
utopian social models
vatik
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780887386114
- Weight: 362g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jan 1986
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 that it is a communal alternative that most Western peoples can readily visualize as a real option.
