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The Communal Experience
Laurence R. Veysey
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Description for The Communal Experience
Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
The original impulse for groups to separate from society and establish communities of their own was religious. Though the religious side of this drive toward separation remains strong, the last two centuries have seen the appearance of secular communities with a socialist or anarchist orientation. In The Communal Experience, nominated for a National Book Award in 1973, Laurence Veysey explores the close resemblances between the secular and religious forms of cultural radicalism through intensive observation of four little-known communities.
Veysey compares the history of secular communities such as the early Ferrer Colony and Modern School, of Shelton, New ... Read more
The original impulse for groups to separate from society and establish communities of their own was religious. Though the religious side of this drive toward separation remains strong, the last two centuries have seen the appearance of secular communities with a socialist or anarchist orientation. In The Communal Experience, nominated for a National Book Award in 1973, Laurence Veysey explores the close resemblances between the secular and religious forms of cultural radicalism through intensive observation of four little-known communities.
Veysey compares the history of secular communities such as the early Ferrer Colony and Modern School, of Shelton, New ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226854588
SKU
V9780226854588
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99-50
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