The Religious Kibbutz: A Note on the Theories of Marx, Sombart, and Weber on Judaism and Economic Success

This paper employs the high economic performance of the orthodox kibbutzim in Israel as a standard for evaluating, within socialist parameters, several classical sociological theories regarding Judaism's ability to stimulate economic performance. Marx's appraisal of Judaism proves to be do...

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Published in:Sociological analysis
Main Author: Fishman, Aryei (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1989
In: Sociological analysis
Year: 1989, Volume: 50, Issue: 3, Pages: 281-290
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Summary:This paper employs the high economic performance of the orthodox kibbutzim in Israel as a standard for evaluating, within socialist parameters, several classical sociological theories regarding Judaism's ability to stimulate economic performance. Marx's appraisal of Judaism proves to be double-edged. Sombart's and Weber's respective assessments imply the possibility of Jewish economic success within a religious socialist framework — Sombart's specifically, and Weber's within the broad parameters of his conceptual framework. The complete theoretical pattern for an orthodox Jewish socialist society was contoured by Marx's erstwhile colleague, Moses Hess.
ISSN:2325-7873
Contains:Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3711563