LEADER 00000cam 2200841Ii 4500 001 ocn898476842 003 OCoLC 005 20180807020109.1 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 141222t20142014miu ob 001 0 eng d 019 961644794|a962617250 020 9780472120543|q(electronic bk.) 020 0472120549|q(electronic bk.) 020 9780472900947|q(electronic bk.) 020 0472900943|q(electronic bk.) 020 |z9780472119417 020 |z0472119419 020 |z9780472036059 020 |z047203605X 035 (OCoLC)898476842|z(OCoLC)961644794|z(OCoLC)962617250 037 22573/ctt1d73m2s|bJSTOR 037 22573/ctv3zpn2n|bJSTOR 040 N$T|beng|erda|epn|cN$T|dIDEBK|dOCLCF|dOCL|dDOS|dOCLCO|dP@U |dYDXCP|dEBLCP|dJSTOR|dOCLCO|dCOCUF|dOCLCQ|dCCO|dPIFAG |dZCU|dMERUC|dOCLCQ|dIOG|dU3W|dEZ9|dELW|dOAPEN|dWRM|dSTF |dOCLCQ|dVLB|dJSTOR 043 e-gw--- 049 CKEA 050 4 HN460.V5|bS43 2014eb 082 04 303.60943|223 100 1 Sedlmaier, Alexander,|eauthor. 245 10 Consumption and violence :|bradical protest in Cold-War West Germany /|cAlexander Sedlmaier. 264 1 Ann Arbor [Michigan] :|bThe University of Michigan Press, |c[2014] 264 4 |c©2014 300 1 online resource (335 pages). 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 490 1 Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 Department Stores : Political Protest in the Commercial Sphere -- Neo-Marxist Critiques of Affluent Society : "Need to Break the Rules" -- Consumer Society under Fire : The Militant Targeting of an Abstract Enemy -- Public Transport : Protest against Fare Increases -- The Media : The Anti-Springer Campaign -- Urban Space : The Squatting Movement -- Global Responsibilities : In Search of Consumer Morality and Solidarity. 520 2 "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"--|cProvided by publisher. 588 0 Print version record. 650 0 Political violence|zGermany (West)|xHistory. 650 0 Protest movements|zGermany (West)|xHistory. 650 0 Radicalism|zGermany (West)|xHistory. 650 0 Government, Resistance to|zGermany (West)|xHistory. 650 0 Consumption (Economics)|xPolitical aspects|zGermany (West) |xHistory. 650 0 Capitalism|xPolitical aspects|zGermany (West)|xHistory. 650 0 Social change|zGermany (West)|xHistory. 650 7 HISTORY|zEurope|xGermany.|2bisacsh 650 7 SOCIAL SCIENCE|xGeneral.|2bisacsh 650 7 HISTORY|xGeneral.|2bisacsh 650 7 Capitalism|xPolitical aspects.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00846436 650 7 Consumption (Economics)|xPolitical aspects.|2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00876467 650 7 Economic history.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00901974 650 7 Government, Resistance to.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00945663 650 7 Political violence.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01069902 650 7 Politics and government.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 Protest movements.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01079826 650 7 Radicalism.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01087015 650 7 Social change.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01122310 650 7 Social conditions.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01919811 651 0 Germany (West)|xPolitics and government. 651 0 Germany (West)|xSocial conditions. 651 0 Germany (West)|xEconomic conditions. 651 7 Germany (West)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01210273 655 7 History.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 |iPrint version:|aSedlmaier, Alexander.|tConsumption and violence|z9780472119417|w(DLC) 2014016055 |w(OCoLC)888553029 830 0 Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany. 914 ocn898476842 994 92|bCKE
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