Description
Book SynopsisThis is a history of 1968 written from a new perspective-that of center-right student activists in West Germany. Based on oral history interviews and new archival sources, it examines the ideas, experiences and repertoires of center-right students in this age of protest.
Trade ReviewThere is little to quibble with in this extremely smart and original study. The attention to both the period of student activism and a longer history; the insightful use of oral history and interpretation of visual sources; the thoughtful renewed discussion of terms like "generation" and "political identity"; and the highly effective use of case studies in each chapter all contribute to the volume's success. * Belinda Davis, Central European History *
This is a work of quite stupendous scholarship. * Rob Burns, German Politics and Society *
There is little to quibble with in this extremely smart and original study. The attention to both the period of student activism and a longer history; the insightful use of oral history and interpretation of visual sources; the thoughtful renewed discussion of terms like "generation" and "political identity"; and the highly effective use of case studies in each chapter all contribute to the volume's success. * Belinda Davis, Central European History *
Superbly written and researched. * D. A. Meier, CHOICE *
The Other '68ers makes important contributions to the history of 1968, Christian Democracy and the Federal Republic. * Ben Mercer, German History *
The historian describes with verve and great American flair how moderate academics came to occupy [a] place in the ideological maelstrom of the 1960s, how they fought for it, and what compass they developed for the period that followed, in which they rose to top positions. * Von Sebastian Liebold, translated from Jahrbuch Extremismus & Demokratie *
I commend von der Goltz for not overstating the importance of her subject. Instead, her book stays close to its sources and demonstrates the supporting role that center-right students played in shaping the provocative political culture of the 1960s and 1970s. It is a necessary corrective to histories of the West German student movement that describe leftist politics in isolation from the broader student body. And it reminds us that generational identities like "68er" are always politically divided. * Terence Renaud, American Historical Review *
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Between Engagement an Enmity: Center-Right Activists and Student Protest Around 1968 2: Talking About (My) Generation: The Nazi Past, Cold War Present, and Intergenerational Relations in the 1960s 3: Between Adenauer and Coca-Cola: Cultural Transformation and Changing Gender Roles 4: From Berlin to Saigon and Back: Center-Right Internationalism Around 1968 5: Combative Politics: Staging Terror in the 1970s 6: The (Ir)Resistible Rise of the Other '68ers: Trajectories and Memories of Activism Through the 1980s and Beyond Conclusion: The Other '68ers and German History
