Commitment and Community

Communes and Utopias in Sociological Perspective

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

      Part One: The Utopian Faith

    1. A Refuge and a Hope
    2. Society's Maternal Bed: Idealizations of Communal Life

      3. Part Two: Lessons of the Past

    3. Commitment: The Problem and the Theory
    4. Live in Love and Union: Commitment Mechanisms in Nineteenth Century Communes
    5. The Comforts of Commitment: Issues in Group Life
    6. Away from Community

      7. Part Three: Problems of Today

    7. Retreat from Utopia 8 They Also Serve: Communes with Missions
    8. The Limits of Utopia
    • Appendix. Sample and Methodology for Study of Nineteenth Century Communes
    • Bibliography
    • Notes
    • Index
  • Cover: Commitment and Community

Rosabeth Moss Kanter is Professor of Sociology and of Organization and Management, Yale University.