Chasing Utopia
David Leach
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Publisher:
ECW Press
ECW Press
DRM:
Watermark
Watermark
Publication Year:
2016
2016
ISBN-13:
9781770909380
Description:
<p><b><i>A fascinating, non-partisan exploration of an incendiary region</i></b></p>
<p>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. So what ever happened to the pioneers’ dream of founding a socialist utopia in the land called Palestine?</p>
<p><i>Chasing Utopia: The Future of the Kibbutz in a Divided Israel</i> draws readers into the quest for answers to the defining political conflict of our era. Acclaimed author David Leach revisits his raucous memories of life as a kibbutz volunteer and returns to meet a new generation of Jewish and Arab citizens struggling to forge a better future together. Crisscrossing the nation, 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. <i>Chasing Utopia</i> is an entertaining and enlightening portrait of a divided nation where hope persists against the odds.</p>
<p>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. So what ever happened to the pioneers’ dream of founding a socialist utopia in the land called Palestine?</p>
<p><i>Chasing Utopia: The Future of the Kibbutz in a Divided Israel</i> draws readers into the quest for answers to the defining political conflict of our era. Acclaimed author David Leach revisits his raucous memories of life as a kibbutz volunteer and returns to meet a new generation of Jewish and Arab citizens struggling to forge a better future together. Crisscrossing the nation, 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. <i>Chasing Utopia</i> is an entertaining and enlightening portrait of a divided nation where hope persists against the odds.</p>