West Germany and the global sixties : the anti-authoritarian revolt, 1962-1978 / / Timothy Scott Brown

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910809872203321
• Autore: Brown Timothy Scott
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-107-46089-1; 1-139-89093-X; 1-107-45905-2; 1-107-51925-X; 1-139-13683-6; 1-107-46484-6; 1-107-47196-6; 1-107-46835-3; 1-107-47300-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 397 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: New studies in European history
• Classificazione: HIS010000
• Disciplina: 943.087/6
• Soggetti: Protest movements - Germany (West); Opposition (Political science) - Germany (West); Authoritarianism - Germany (West) - History; Counterculture - Germany (West) - History; Popular culture - Germany (West) - History; Student movements - Germany (West) - History; New Left - Germany (West) - History; Nineteen sixties; Nineteen seventies; Germany (West) Politics and government
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- 1. Space -- 2. Time -- 3. Word -- 4. Sound -- 5. Vision -- 6. Power -- 7. Sex -- 8. Death -- Conclusion.
• Sommario/riassunto: The anti-authoritarian revolt of the 1960s and 1970s was a watershed in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany. The rebellion of the ; so-called '68ers' - against cultural conformity and the ideological imperatives of the Cold War, against the American war in Vietnam, and in favor of a more open accounting for the crimes of the Nazi era - helped to inspire a dialogue on democratization with profound effects on German society. Timothy Scott Brown examines the unique synthesis of globalizing influences on West Germany to reveal how the presence of Third World students, imported pop culture from America and England, and the influence of new political doctrines worldwide all helped to precipitate the revolt. The book explains how the events in West Germany grew out of a new interplay of radical politics and popular culture, even as they drew on principles of direct-democracy, self-organization and self-determination, all still highly relevant in the present day.