ISBN:
9780472119417
,
9780472036059
,
9780472120543
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource
Series Statement:
Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Sedlmaier, Alexander Consumption and violence : radical protest in Cold-War West Germany
DDC:
303.60943
Keywords:
Geschichte 1955-1990
;
Geschichte
;
Kapitalismus
;
Politik
;
Radikalismus
;
Political violence History
;
Protest movements History
;
Radicalism History
;
Government, Resistance to History
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Consumption (Economics) Political aspects
;
History
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Capitalism Political aspects
;
History
;
Social change History
;
Konsumgesellschaft
;
Protestbewegung
;
Politischer Protest
;
Deutschland
;
Deutschland
;
Konsumgesellschaft
;
Protestbewegung
;
Politischer Protest
;
Geschichte 1955-1990
Abstract:
"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"--
Note:
Description based on print version record
