Intentional Communities (Routledge Revivals)

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.