Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (335 Seiten)
,
Illustrationen
ISBN:
9780472120543
Serie:
Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany
Inhalt:
"Combining the tools of political, social, cultural, and intellectual history, Consumption and Violence : Radical Protest in Cold-War West Germany explores strategies of legitimization developed by advocates of militant resistance to certain manifestations of consumer capitalism. The book contributes to a more sober evaluation of West German protest movements, not just terrorism, as it refrains from emotional and moral judgments, but takes the protesters' approaches seriously, which, regarding consumer society, had a rational core. Political violence is not presented as the result of individual shortcomings, but emerges in relation to major societal changes, i.e., the unprecedented growth of consumption. This new perspective sheds important light on violence and radical protest in post-war Germany, as previous books have failed to examine to what extent these forms of resistance should be regarded as reactions to changing regimes of provision. Continuing the recently growing interest in the interdependence of countercultures and consumer society, the focus on violence gives the argument a unique twist, making the book thought-provoking and engaging
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780472119417
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780472036059
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Sedlmaier, Alexander, 1969 - Consumption and violence Ann Arbor, Mich. : Univ. of Michigan Press, 2014 ISBN 9780472036059
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780472119417
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 047203605X
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0472119419
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
Schlagwort(e):
Deutschland
;
Konsumgesellschaft
;
Protestbewegung
;
Geschichte 1955-1990
;
Electronic books
URL:
Volltext
(kostenfrei)
Mehr zum Autor:
Sedlmaier, Alexander 1969-
Bookmarklink
