Intentional Communities (Routledge Revivals): Ideology and Alienation in Communal Societies

part Part A -- chapter 1 The study of intentional communities -- chapter 2 A theory of alienation -- chapter 3 A theory of ideology -- part Part B -- chapter 4 Origins and development -- chapter 5 Ideology -- chapter 6 Ideology, structure and change -- chapter 7 Socialization -- chapter 8 The individual -- chapter 9 Deviance and conformity -- chapter 10 Exclusive relations -- part Part C -- chapter 11 Summary and conclusions: the nature and persistence of intentional communities -- chapter 15 9 Notes -- chapter 1 General.

The study of intentional communities -- A theory of alienation -- A theory of ideology -- Origins and development -- Ideology -- Ideology, structure and change -- Socialization -- The individual -- Deviance and conformity -- Exclusive relations -- Summary and conclusions : the nature and persistence of intentional communities

Some communities exist for tens, even hundreds, of years. Others short-lived. What, then, makes for communal 'success'? Bary Shenker, who lived on a Kibbutz for a number of years, compares the Hutterites, the Kibbutzim and therapeutic communities -- and argues that there is no simple formula. Through historical and sociological analysis, combined with personal experience and insight, the author provides fresh thoughts on a form of a social life which fascinates us all. First published in 1986