Consumption and violence : radical protest in Cold-War West Germany

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Label

Consumption and violence : radical protest in Cold-War West Germany

Title remainder

radical protest in Cold-War West Germany

Statement of responsibility

Alexander Sedlmaier

Creator

• Sedlmaier, Alexander

Subject

• Consumption (Economics) -- Political aspects -- Germany (West) -- History
• Germany (West) -- Economic conditions
• Germany (West) -- Politics and government
• Germany (West) -- Social conditions
• Capitalism -- Political aspects -- Germany (West) -- History
• Political violence -- Germany (West) -- History
• Protest movements -- Germany (West) -- History
• Radicalism -- Germany (West) -- History
• Social change -- Germany (West) -- History
• Government, Resistance to -- Germany (West) -- History

Language

eng

Summary

"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"--

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Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Government publication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany