Consumption and Violence
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...
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University of Michigan Press
2021
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| description | 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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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-331832025-07-31T00:27:52Z Consumption and Violence Sedlmaier, Alexander Political Science Consumerism Department store Herbert Marcuse Royal Air Force 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. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2018-03-01 23:55:55 2020-03-12 03:00:31 2020-04-01T12:49:19Z 2014-10-13 book 648338 OCN: 898476842 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/30240 9780472120543 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/33183 eng Social History, Popular Culture, and Politics in Germany open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30240/1/648338.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30240/1/648338.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30240/1/648338.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30240/1/648338.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30240/1/648338.pdf University of Michigan Press 10.3998/mpub.6713536 10.3998/mpub.6713536 b7359529-e5f7-4510-a59f-d7dafa1d4d17 Knowledge Unlatched b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9780472120543 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2017: Backlist Collection Ann Arbor 100926 KU Select 2017: Backlist Collection open access |
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