Communalism

Outside of South Asia, communalism is a modern term that describes a broad range of social movements and social theories which are in some way centered upon the community. Communalism can take the form of communal living or communal property, among others. Communalism is sometimes said to put the interests of the community above the interests of the individual, but this is usually only done on the principle that the community exists for the benefit of the individuals who participate in it, so the best way to serve the interests ...

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• Communalism - Communal Government

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Commune can refer to various things: commune (subnational entity) of various European and African countries Commune in France, comprises cities, towns, and villages medieval commune, a social organization of the European Middle Ages Mir (social), a village community in czarist Russia A kibbutz, an Israeli collective community commune (intentional community) People's commune, an administrative division of China The Paris Commune (French Revolution), the governm ...

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The term religious communism has been ascribed to the social arrangement practiced by many orders of monks and nuns of such religions as Christianity, Taoism, Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism. As recorded in the Bible, the first Christians lived in communities organized according to communist-like principles: "The community of believers were of one heart and one mind. None of them ever claimed anything as his own; rather, everything was held in common. With power the apostles bore witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jes ...

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Religious communism, Religious communism - Examples of religious communism

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Males and females had equality and equal voice in the governance of the community. A community nursery provided care for infants and children so that both parents could work. Females adopted a style of dress, believed to have been copied from the Iroquois, consisting in a short skirt over trousers (bloomers). This allowed them much greater freedom of movement than contemporary women's styles. Even though the community reached a maximum population of about three hundred, it had a complex bureaucracy of twenty-seven standing committees and forty-eight administrative sections. See also:

Oneida Society, Oneida Society - Community Structure, Oneida Society - Complex Marriage, Oneida Society - Male Continence, Oneida Society - Mutual Criticism, Oneida Society - Ascending Fellowship, Oneida Society - Stirpiculture, Oneida Society - Decline

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