scholarly journals Humour as a Guerrilla Tactic: The West German Student Movement's Mockery of the Establishment

2007 ◽  
Vol 52 (S15) ◽  
pp. 115-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Teune
Keyword(s):  
Small Group ◽  
Early Phase ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Student Movement ◽  
The West ◽  
German Student ◽  
The Face ◽  
Ways Of Thinking ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Impact

A small group within the German student movement of the 1960s expressed its critique of society in humorous protests that condensed the urge for a non-materialist, individualistic, and libertarian change. In the early phase of an emerging cycle of protest, Spassguerilla [fun guerrilla] contributed to shaping the face of the student movement, despite differences with the more traditional groups within that movement. In happenings, pamphlets, and judicial trials, humorous activists derided conventional ways of thinking and living. A responsive environment played a decisive role in shaping the image of the insurgents, thus reinforcing the impact of their actions and drawing in sympathizers.

Studying Modern Arabic Literature

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Public Intellectual ◽  
Arabic Literature ◽  
Global Culture ◽  
The West ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
The Face ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Modern Arabic

This book is devoted to the life and academic legacy of Mustafa Badawi who transformed the study of modern Arabic literature in the second half of the twentieth century. Prior to the 1960s the study of Arabic literature, both classical and modern, had barely been emancipated from the academic approaches of orientalism. The appointment of Badawi as Oxford University's first lecturer in modern Arabic literature changed the face of this subject as Badawi showed, through his teaching and research, that Arabic literature was making vibrant contributions to global culture and thought. Part biography, part collection of critical essays, this book celebrates Badawi's immense contribution to the field and explores his role as a public intellectual in the Arab world and the west.

Radicalism Without Jews: The West German Student Movement

2018 ◽  
pp. 350-383
Author(s):  
Stanley Rothman ◽  
Robert S. Lichter
Keyword(s):  
Student Movement ◽  
The West ◽  
German Student

scholarly journals Dissent in the Wirtschaftswunder: Historical Memory and the German Student Movement

Elements ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alec Walker
Keyword(s):  
Social Issues ◽  
Historical Memory ◽  
Frankfurt School ◽  
Student Movement ◽  
Student Movements ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
German Politics ◽  
German Student ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The 1960S

This paper deals with the West German student movement, which, like most student movements, was active in the 1960s and focused primarily on social issues. It attempts to interpret the critiques levied by the movement in relation to those events and thoughts which precededit.The author argues that there was a distinct rhetorical and philosophical connection betweeen the 68er-<em>Bewegung</em> and the critical theory of the Frankfurt School. This connection shapd the methods and goals of the student movement, which sought to integrate a process of comign to terms with the realities of Germany's fascist, anti-democratic past into the German mindset following the rich period of remarkable postwar economic development. These methods and influences, which are called "critical historical memory," are then argued to have been developed so as to bring to light the continued presence of fascistic tendencies in contemporary German politics, with the hope of coming to terms with the recent past.

Becoming Black in the Era of Civil Rights and Black Power

2018 ◽  
pp. 15-50
Author(s):  
Rob Waters
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Race Relations ◽  
Black Power ◽  
People Of Color ◽  
British Politics ◽  
New Meanings ◽  
The Face ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Impact

Many people of color in Britain “became black” in the 1960s. This transformation occurred in reaction to the apparent consolidation of British politics around a revived whiteness and through the resonance within Britain of U.S. Black Power and Caribbean and African secondary decolonization. Presenting Black Power as a global formation unfolding within Britain in the face of the failure of state-led “race relations” management, this chapter charts the impact of African American visitors to Britain in the mid-1960s and follows the development of British Black Power among Caribbean, African, and South Asian activists in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It shows the resonance and new meanings of blackness that developed in this global conjuncture, as older anticolonial and antiracist politics were reworked.

scholarly journals O protagonismo da juventude estudantil alemã no Maio de 68 | The leading role of German students in the events of May 1968

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (42) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Oliveira Teixeira
Keyword(s):  
Historical Context ◽  
50Th Anniversary ◽  
Student Movement ◽  
Political Movements ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
German Student ◽  
May 1968 ◽  
Nazi Past ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Cold War

Com o 50° aniversário do chamado Maio de 68, este ensaio tem por objetivo sistematizar algumas características acerca da emergência e dinâmica do movimento estudantil nos anos 1960 na Berlim Ocidental, cidade palco central da Guerra Fria. Após discorrer sobre o contexto histórico de politização pela esquerda do movimento estudantil alemão e a dinâmica das manifestações estudantis, destacamos duas conclusões: 1) insurreições estudantis se opunham tanto à sociabilidade capitalista num tempo de expansão do capitalismo, à guerra norte-americana no Vietnã, como também ao silêncio diante do passado nazista, ao autoritarismo e à universidade não democrática; 2) a ausência de vínculo orgânico entre movimento estudantil e classe operária é em grande medida determinada pela adesão do movimento operário ao reformismo social-democrata alemão e ao passado nazista, que também contribui para dizimar lideranças comunistas e socialistas.Palavras-Chave: Maio 68; movimento estudantil; movimentos políticos; Berlim.  Abstract – With the 50th anniversary of the events of May 1968, this essay aims to systematize some characteristics of the emergence and dynamics of the student movement in the 1960s in West Berlin, the central stage of the Cold War. After discussing the historical context of politicization by the left of the German student movement and the dynamics of student demonstrations, we highlight two conclusions. First, that student insurrections were opposed both to capitalist sociability in a time of expansion of capitalism and the American war in Vietnam, and also to the silence in face of Germany’s Nazi past, authoritarianism, and undemocratic universities. Second, the absence of an organic link between the student movement and the working class was largely determined by the adherence of the workers’ movement to German Social-Democratic reformism and the Nazi past, which also contributed to decimate communist and socialist leaderships.Keywords: May 1968; student movement; political movements; Berlin.

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