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Consumption and Violence
Alexander Sedlmaier
其他書名
Radical Protest in Cold-War West Germany
出版University of Michigan Press, 2014-10-13
主題Business & Economics / Economic ConditionsBusiness & Economics / Economics / GeneralHistory / GeneralHistory / Europe / GermanyHistory / Social HistoryPolitical Science / History & TheoryPolitical Science / Political Ideologies / RadicalismPolitical Science / Political Ideologies / CapitalismPolitical Science / Political Process / Political AdvocacyPolitical Science / World / EuropeanSocial Science / Sociology / GeneralSocial Science / Violence in Society
ISBN047203605X9780472036059
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=QnSvBAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.