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Berghahn Books Changing the World Changing Oneself Political Protest and Collective Identities in West Germany and the U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s 2010 Edition by Belinda Davis, Wilfried Mausbach, Martin Klimke, Carla Macdougall
A captivating time, the 60s and 70s now draw more attention than ever. The first substantial work by historians has appeared only in the last few years, and this volume offers an important contribution. These meticulously researched essays offer new perspectives on the Cold War and global relations in the 1960s and 70s through the perspective of the youth movements that shook the U.S., Western Europe, and beyond. These movements led to the transformation of diplomatic relations and domestic political cultures, as well as ideas about democracy and who best understood and promoted it. Bringing together scholars of several countries and many disciplines, this volume also uniquely features the reflections of former activists. Table of contents :- IntroductionBelinda Davis, Wilfried Mausbach, Martin Klimke and Carla MacDougallPART I: ATLANTIC CROSSINGS: FROM GERMANY TO AMERICA AND BACKChapter 1. Intellectual Transfer: Theodor W. Adorno's American ExperienceDetlev ClaussenChapter 2. The Limits of Praxis: The Social-Psychological Foundations of Theodor Adorno's and Herbert Marcuse's Interpretations of the 1960s Protest MovementsJohn AbromeitPART II: SPACES AND IDENTITIESChapter 3. America's Vietnam in Germany - Germany in America's Vietnam: On the Relocation of Spaces and the Appropriation of HistoryWilfried MausbachChapter 4. Topographies of Memory: The Sixties Student Movement in Germany and the USA: Representations in Contemporary German LiteratureSusanne RinnerChapter 5. "We too are Berliners": Protest, Symbolism and the City in Cold War GermanyCarla MacDougallPART III: PROTEST AND POWERChapter 6. A Growing Problem for Foreign Policy: The West German Student Movement and the Western AllianceMartin KlimkeChapter 7. Ostpolitik as Domestic Containment: The Cultural Contradictions of the Cold War and the West German State ResponseJeremi SuriPART IV: POWER AND RESISTANCEChapter 8. Transformation by Subversion? The New Left and the Question of ViolenceIngrid Gilcher-HolteyChapter 9. "From Protest to Resistance": Ulrike Meinhof and the Transatlantic Movement of IdeasKarin BauerPART V: (EN)COUNTER-CULTUREChapter 10. White Negroes: The Fascination of the Authentic in the West German Counterculture of the 1960sDetlef SiegfriedChapter 11. The Black Panther Solidarity Committee and the Trial of the RamsteinMaria HoehnChapter 12. Between Ballots and BulletsGeorgy KatsiaficasChapter 13. A Whole World Opening Up: Transcultural Contact, Difference, and the Politicization of New Left ActivistsBelinda DavisPART VI: A RETROSPECTIVEChapter 14. "We didn't know how it was going to turn out": Contemporary Activists Discuss Their Experiences of the 1960s and 1970sNotes on ContributorsBibliographyIndex