Chasing Utopia
ISBN-13: 9781770909397
Contributor(s): David Leach
Subjects: Politics & Government
Publisher: Ecw Press
Publisher Imprint: Ecw Press Digital
Publication Date: 20-10-2016
Format: PDF
Availability: In stock
£8.49
About the book
Say the word 'Israel' today and it sparks images of walls and rockets and a bloody conflict without end. Yet for decades, the symbol of the Jewish State was the noble pioneer draining the swamps and making the deserts bloom: the legendary kibbutznik. Chasing Utopia draws readers into the quest for answers to the defining political conflict of our era. Leach chronicles the controversial decline of Israel's kibbutz movement and witnesses a renaissance of the original vision for a peaceable utopia in unexpected corners of the Promised Land.