ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book deals with communes appearing in the United States up to the 1930s. In 1965, a tidal wave of protest movements and student uprisings swept the nation, and the history of the communes in the United States took a sharp turn. In the course of their quest the vision of the communal society, based on interpersonal harmony, was revealed to them. The goals were now more modest and realistic, focusing on the constructive task of building up viable communes. The majority of the members of these communes tended toward anarchy, refusing to assume the burden of norms and binding frameworks. A comprehensive view of the known communes extant in the world of the 1980s demonstrates that not only have they shown an ability to survive, but that they are also stable and growing in number.
