One Hundred Years of Kibbutz Life: A Century of Crises and Reinvention

ISBN-13: 9781412842297 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 362 str.

Palgi, Michal

Opis

The years 1909-2009 mark a century of kibbutz life-one hundred years of achievements, failures, and challenges. It is undeniable that the impact of kibbutzim on Israeli society has been substantial. During its one hundred years of existence, the kibbutz as a concept and as a reality underwent many changes, as did Israel as a whole both before its establishment in 1948 and since then. One Hundred Years of Kibbutz Life describes a host of changes that have occurred and describes their meaning. The kibbutz population has increased in terms of demography and capital, a point that frequently is overlooked in the debate about the institution's viability. The kibbutz has become a very attractive place for young people who want community life. Like the founders who tried to establish a particular society grounded in certain principles, so too, newcomers to the kibbutz want to establish a new idealistic society with specific social and economic arrangements. The combined voices of the contributors to this volume discuss the ideals, hopes, frustrations, disappointments, and reconstruction efforts that brought a few solutions to the fading kibbutz ideals. These solutions are not always popular among kibbutz members, but they demonstrate growth and development of the kibbutz. Through the inclusion of a variety of studies, this book clarifies the role of this dynamic institution.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Michal Palgi