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Countercultural Communes: A Sociological Perspective » Read Now
by Gilbert Zicklin. 200 pgs.

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...COUNTERCULTURAL COMMUNES Recent Titles in Contributions in Sociology...Michael W. Hughey COUNTERCULTURAL COMMUNES A SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE...Zicklin, Gilbert...
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No Heavenly Delusion? A Comparative Study of Three Communal Movements » Read Now
by Michael Tyldesley. 211 pgs.

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No Heavenly Delusion? analyzes 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...
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No Heavenly Delusion? analyzes 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.
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Dynamic Utopia: Establishing Intentional Communities as a New Social Movement » Read Now
by Robert C. Schehr. 216 pgs.

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Dynamic Utopia articulates a significant theoretical alternative to contemporary social movement theory. In opposition to linear conceptualizations of movement (birth, growth and decay), characteristic of classical and most contemporary social movement theory, the author posits an interpretation of...
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Dynamic Utopia articulates a significant theoretical alternative to contemporary social movement theory. In opposition to linear conceptualizations of movement (birth, growth and decay), characteristic of classical and most contemporary social movement theory, the author posits an interpretation of subaltern resistance that attempts to capture its eternal qualities. Through the application of chaos theory Dynamic Utopia seeks recognition of the persistence of resistance hovering within civil society, modes of resistance not necessarily involving overt expressions of conflict, the amassing of resources, or the establishment of representative organizations. To that end, it is argued that contemporary intentional communities are indicative of a social movement, seeking as they do a progressive redefinition of fundamental aspects of politics, economics, and culture.
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The Survival of a Counterculture: Ideological Work and Everyday Life among Rural Communards » Read Now
by Bennett M. Berger. 266 pgs.

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...research conducted by my collaborators in communes both similar to and very different from...study child-rearing in counterculture communes. Applying for the grant was an...
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Soviet Communes » Read Now
by Robert G. Wesson. 273 pgs.

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...Soviet Communes SOVIET COMMUNES Robert G. Wesson Rutgers University Press New Brunswick...21 ; Generalities , p. 27 . 3 Background of Soviet Communes 32 Marxism , p. 32 ;...
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The Chinese Communes » Read Now
by Richard Hughes. 90 pgs.

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...THE CHINESE COMMUNES The Chinese Communes A BACKGROUND BOOK Richard Hughes THE BODLEY HEAD...pervasive and enduring grey which it should be. The controversial communes have...
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The People's Communes and China's New Development Strategy, in Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars » Read Now
by Victor Lippit. 12 pgs.

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Escape to Utopia: The Communal Movement in America » Read Now
by Everett Webber. 448 pgs.

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...country two centuries before. Some of the communes were based on social and economic principles...misery, to burning conviction. Other communes were religiously based. Some...
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The Success of American Communes, in Southern Economic Journal » Read Now
by Clifford F. Thies. 13 pgs.

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America's Communal Utopias » Read Now
by Donald E. Pitzer. 538 pgs.

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"Brings into sharp focus a hitherto ill-mapped stretch of American social-history terrain. "From The Foreword By Paul Boyer
A comprehensive look at the religious and secular movements that produced America's most noted communal utopias
From the Shakers to the Branch Davidians, America's communal...
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"Brings into sharp focus a hitherto ill-mapped stretch of American social-history terrain. "From The Foreword By Paul Boyer
A comprehensive look at the religious and secular movements that produced America's most noted communal utopias
From the Shakers to the Branch Davidians, America's communal utopians have captured the popular imagination. Seventeen original essays here demonstrate the relevance of such groups to the mainstream of American social, religious, and economic life. The contributors examine the beliefs and practices of the most prominent utopian communities founded before 1965, including the long-overlooked Catholic monastic communities and Jewish agricultural colonies. Also featured are the Ephrata Baptists, Moravians, Shakers, Harmonists, Hutterites, Inspirationists of Amana, Mormons, Owenites, Fourierists, Icarians, Janssonists, Theosophists, Cyrus Teed's Koreshans, and Father Divine's Peace Mission.
Based on a new conceptual framework known as developmental communalism, the book examines these utopian movements throughout the course of their development -- before, during, and after their communal period. Each chapter includes a brief chronology, giving basic information about the group discussed. An appendix presents the most complete list of American utopian communities ever published.
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From Utopian Dreaming to Communal Reality: Cooperative Lifestyles in Australia » Read Now
by William James Metcalf. 198 pgs.

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Following a short history of communal experimentation in Australia, with its ideals and problems, ten people describe their current small community settlements. Similar experiences though diverse beliefs and sizes are found at Dharmananda, Frogs' Hollow/Manduka, Tuntable Falls at Nimbin, Cennednyss...
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Following a short history of communal experimentation in Australia, with its ideals and problems, ten people describe their current small community settlements. Similar experiences though diverse beliefs and sizes are found at Dharmananda, Frogs' Hollow/Manduka, Tuntable Falls at Nimbin, Cennednyss, Mandala, Chenrezig, Crystal Waters, Common Ground, Moora Moora and the Wolery. Includes references.
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Community and Clientele in Twelfth-Century Tuscany: The Origins of the Rural Commune in the Plain of Lucca » Read Now
by Chris Wickham. 284 pgs.

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This book addresses a gap in Italian historiography by examining rural rather than city communes. In recent years, historians have increasingly focused on local and regional studies of village communities as a way of understanding medieval European history. This discussion of a group of villages...
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This book addresses a gap in Italian historiography by examining rural rather than city communes. In recent years, historians have increasingly focused on local and regional studies of village communities as a way of understanding medieval European history. This discussion of a group of villages around Lucca is the first detailed study of the origin of organized village communities in Italy for over seventy years, showing how the social and political structures of the countryside ran alongside those of the city. Chris Wickham analyses how local politics took recognizable shape as its ruling structures gradually emerged over time. His argument does not end there, and indeed extends beyond Italy, to France and Spain, providing sustained comparisons of rural development and social organization. The result is a rare combination of systematic local analysis and wide synthesis, aimed at illuminating the whole area of social transformation in twelfth-century Europe.
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