Michal Palgi

One Hundred Years of Kibbutz Life

A Century of Crises and Reinvention

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

One Hundred Years of Kibbutz Life shows that the kibbutz thrives and describes changes that have occurred within Israel's kibbutz community. The kibbutz population has increased in terms of demography and capital, a point frequently overlooked in debates regarding viability. Like the kibbutz founders who established a society grounded in certain principles and meeting certain goals, kibbutz newcomers seek to build an idealistic society with specific social and economic arrangements. The years 1909-2009 marked a century of kibbutz life-one hundred years of achievements, challenges, and creative changes. The impact of kibbutzim on Israeli society has been substantial but is now waning. While kibbutzim have become less relevant in Israeli policy and politics, they are increasingly engaged in questions of environmentalism, education, and profitable industries. Contributors discuss the hopes, goals, frustrations, and disappointments of the kibbutz movement. They also examine reform efforts intended to revitalize the institution and reinforce fading kibbutz ideals. Such solutions are not always popular among kibbutz members, but they demonstrate that the kibbutz is an adaptive and flexible social organization. The various studies presented in this book clarify the dynamism of the kibbutz institution and raises questions about the ways in which residential arrangements throughout the world manage change.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 366
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 530g
• ISBN-13: 9781412851954
• ISBN-10: 1412851955
• Artikelnr.: 38061228

Autorenporträt

Michal Palgi

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction to the Paperback Edition, Michal Palgi and Shulamit Reinharz
Preface: The Rise, Fall, and Unexpected Revitalization of the Kibbutz,
Michal Palgi and Shulamit Reinharz
Introduction: The Kibbutz at One Hundred: A Century of Crises and
Reinvention, Michal Palgi and Shulamit Reinharz
Part I: The Unfolding History of the Contemporary Kibbutz
Introduction to Part I, Michal Palgi and Shulamit Reinharz
1. The Early Roots of a Later Crisis-The Kibbutz Crisis of the 1980s and
Its Roots at the Time of the Establishment of the State of Israel, Alon
Pauker
2. From "We" to "Me": The Ideological Roots of the Privatization of the
Kibbutz, Alon Gan
3. The Changing Composition of Kibbutz Elites, Menachem Topel
4. Crisis, Social Capital, and Community Resilience, Avraham Pavin
5. Co-optation and Change: The Women's Sections of the Kibbutz, Sylvie
Fogiel-Bijaoui
6. The Meaning of Aging among Mature Kibbutz Members, Yasmin Asaf and
Israel Doron
7. Varying Spousal Relations in the Kibbutz and the Moshav, Hadas Doron
8. Kibbutz 2008: A Way, a Place, or a Home?, Amia Lieblich
Part II: Representations of Kibbutz Change
Introduction to Part II, Michal Palgi and Shulamit Reinharz
9. The Kibbutz and the Disenchanted: Representations in Contemporary
Israeli Narratives, Ranen Omer-Sherman
10. Agitated Orders: Early Kibbutz Literature as a Site of Turmoil, Iris
Milner
11. From Sabra to Children of the Sun: Kibbutz Films from the 1930s to the
2000s, Eldad Kedem and Gilad Padva
12. Freedom of Expression in an Ideological Society: The Case of Kibbutz
Literature, Shula Keshet
13. Values and Sites, Attitudes, and Development-The Status of Cultural
"Built Heritage" in the Kibbutz, Irit Amit-Cohen
Part III: Reinventing the Kibbutz
Introduction to Part III, Michal Palgi and Shulamit Reinharz
14. The International Association of Kibbutzim and Communes, Yaacov Oved
15. Redefining the Kibbutz, Eliezer Ben-Rafael and Menachem Topel
16. Reinventing the Kibbutz: The "Community Expansion" Project, Igal
Charney and Michal Palgi
17. Kibbutz Neighborhoods and New Communities: The Development of a Sense
of Belonging among the Residents of New Community Neighborhoods on
Kibbutzim, Zeev Greenberg
18. The Thai Revolution: The Changes in Agriculture in the Kibbutzim and
Moshavim of the Arava in the 1990s, Marjorie Strom
19. Ecology, Eco-Zionism, and the Kibbutz, Michael Livni
20. The New Communal Groups in Israel: Urban Kibbutzim and Groups of Youth
Movement Graduates,Yuval Dror
Contributors
Index