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The Individual within the Collective: A New Perspective

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  • Gil, Efraim

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In recent years, the seemingly inevitable struggle between individualism and collectivism has continued to intensify and accelerate both in the kibbutz movement and in the world at large. In the kibbutz, demands for individual rights, initiatives and rewards have increasingly challenged the original collectivist ideology upon which the kibbutz was founded. This paper presents an approach which can avoid the struggle between the individual and the collective. Instead of seeing the collective as a reaction against brutish individualism, the community becomes the "greenhouse", the support group and the family that nurtures the many positive aspirations of each of its individual members. In return, because of this loving support and nurturing, the individual views the collective as the base for development, to be nurtured and supported.

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  • Gil, Efraim, 1996. "The Individual within the Collective: A New Perspective," Journal of Rural Cooperation, Hebrew University, Center for Agricultural Economic Research, vol. 24(1).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:jlorco:301264
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.301264
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