Seizing the Square: 1989 Protests in China and Germany from a Global Perspective

Daniel Palm

Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2020

Seizing the Square

1989 Protests in China and Germany from a Global Perspective

Daniel Palm

Volume 9 in the series SpatioTemporality / RaumZeitlichkeit

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110682601

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This book discusses global dynamics behind the synchronous outburst of protests in China and Germany in 1989 and the local acts of dissent on the squares comparatively. It breaks with the national timelines protests in 1989 have so far been identified with and offers insights into the spatial manifestation of the global moment of 1989. Concluding on the importance of the "SpaceTime" on the seized squares in 1989, it also discusses more recent protests forming on city squares. Offering a global perspective on a phenomenon that itself became global in the last decades, the book provides a view on globalization processes operating from below that puts the occupied space on city squares at the heart of interest.

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Daniel Palm, International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS), Bremen.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. On the SpaceTime of 1989 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	16
II. Towards the Global Moment of 1989 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
III. The Global Moment of 1989 in Leipzig and Beijing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
IV. Producing Counter-spaces on the Squares in 1989 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Lessons from 1989 for 2011 and after Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
List of abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	228
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229

(Deutsch)

Languages: English, German
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Academics in the field of Social History, Critical Human Geography, Social Movement Studies.
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 232
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 8

eBook

Published: October 12, 2020
ISBN: 9783110682601

Hardcover

Published: October 12, 2020
ISBN: 9783110682465