Changing the World, Changing Oneself: Political Protest and Collective Identities in West Germany and the U.S. in the 1960s and 1970s (Protest, Culture & Society Book 3)

"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."-- Provided by publisher Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I Atlantic Crossings: From Germany to America and Back Chapter 1 Intellectual Transfer: Theodor W. Adorno’s American Experience Chapter 2 The Limits of Praxis: The Social-Psychological Foundations of Theodor Adorno’s and Herbert Marcuse’s Interpretations of the 1960s Protest Movements Part II Spaces and Identities Chapter 3 America’s Vietnam in Germany— Germany in America’s Vietnam: On the Relocation of Spaces and the Appropriation of History Chapter 4 Topographies of Memory: The 1960s Student Movement in Germany and the US. Representations in Contemporary German Literature Chapter 5 “We too are Berliners” Protest, Symbolism, and the City in Cold War Germany Part III Protest and Power Chapter 6 A Growing Problem for US Foreign Policy: The West German Student Movement and the Western Alliance Chapter 7 Ostpolitik as Domestic Containment: The Cultural Contradictions of the Cold War and the West German State Response Part IV Power and Resistance Chapter 8 Transformation by Subversion? Th e New Left and the Question of Violence Chapter 9 “From Protest to Resistance” Ulrike Meinhof and the Transatlantic Movement of Ideas Part V (En)counter-Culture Chapter 10 White Negroes: The Fascination of the Authentic in the West German Counterculture of the 1960s Chapter 11 The Black Panther Solidarity Committee and the Trial of the Ramstein 2 Chapter 12 Between Ballots and Bullets Chapter 13 A Whole World Opening Up: Transcultural Contact, Difference, and the Politicization of “New Left”Activists Part VI A Retrospective Chapter 14 “We didn’t know how it was going to turn out” Contemporary Activists Discuss Their Experiences of the 1960s and 1970s Contributors Bibliography Index