Extraordinary Groups: An Examination of Unconventional Lifestyles

by William M. Kephart

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Contains a series of sociological concepts around which are woven the treads and cultural fabric of groups including the Old Order Amish, the Oneida Community, the FatherDivine Movement, the Shakers, the Mormons, the Hutteritesand the Modern Communes.

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A straight forward presentation of some uniquely American intentional communities. All are religious except for the gypsies. The book is informative and meant for classroom use and is largely descriptive.

I wish it would have included more pro-sex or non-religious intentional communities like the Sandstone Retreat, the Farm, the Rajneeshpuram, Twin Oaks Community in the US, Kommune Niederkaufungen in Germany, Svanholm in Denmark, or some of the growing slow sex communes that focus on women's orgasm disconnected from love, romance and flirtation.

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Dedication
To the memory of
William W. Zellner,
a teacher and a scholar
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America is a land of fascinating cultural diversity.

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Sociology, Anthropology, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, General Nonfiction, History
DDC/MDS
306.1Society, Government, and CultureSocial sciences, sociology & anthropologySocial Behavior - Dating, Marriage, DivorceSubcultures
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HX654 .K44Social sciencesSocialism. Communism. AnarchismSocialism. Communism. AnarchismCommunism: Utopian socialism, collective
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English
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