{"product_id":"the-politics-of-authenticity-countercultures-and-radical-movements-across-the-iron-curtain-1968-1989-9781785339998","title":"The Politics of Authenticity: Countercultures and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tFollowing the convulsions of 1968, one element uniting many of the disparate social movements that arose across Europe was the pursuit of an elusive “authenticity” that could help activists to understand fundamental truths about themselves—their feelings, aspirations, sexualities, and disappointments. This volume offers a fascinating exploration of the politics of authenticity as they manifested themselves among such groups as Italian leftists, East German lesbian activists, and punks on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Together they show not only how authenticity came to define varied social contexts, but also how it helped to usher in the neoliberalism of a subsequent era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eThe Politics of Authenticity\u003cem\u003e raises a number of meaningful—and provocative—interpretive questions, which makes it valuable reading for students of postwar social movements and countercultures, as well as those seeking to understand the recent history of democratic cultures and political participation in Europe.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Central European History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is one of the most distinctive and inspiring explorations of protest cultures that I have read in the last decade or so. While building on existing studies of social movements, it is original in its geographical breadth, diversity of topics and methodologies, and theoretical approach.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Malgorzata Fidelis\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Illinois at Chicago\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The innovative studies collected here contribute to important discussions within contemporary history. This book will be very useful for both undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as scholars in history, sociology, and other fields.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Pascal Eitler\u003c\/strong\u003e, Max Planck Institute for Human Development\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJoachim C. Häberlen and Mark Keck-Szjabel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Revolution as a Quest for an Authentic Life: The 1960s and 1970s in Italy\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAngelo Ventrone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Authenticity through Transgression: Small Acts of Resentment in Post-1968 Czechoslovakia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBarış Yörümez\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Political, Emotional, and Therapeutic: Narratives of Consciousness-Raising and Authenticity in the English Women’s Liberation Movement\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKate Mahoney\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Genealogy of a Politics of Subjectivity: Guy Hocquenghem, Homosexuality, and the Radical Left in Post-1968 France\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAntoine Idier\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e New Feminism, Women’s Subjectivity, and Feminist Politics: Conceptual Transfers and Activist Inspirations in Yugoslavia in the 1970s and 1980s\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eZsófia Lóránd\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Women’s Bodies and Feminist Subjectivities in West Germany\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJane Freeland\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Rise of a New Consciousness: Lesbian Activism in East Germany in the 1980s\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMaria Bühner\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Italian Movement of 1977 and the Cultural Praxis of the Youthful Proletariat\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e Danilo Mariscalco\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Struggle for the Minds of the Youth: The Securitate and Musical Countercultures in Communist Romania\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eManuela Marin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Punk Authenticity: Difference across the Iron Curtain\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJeff Hayton\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Humanitarianism on Stage: Live Aid and the Origins of Humanitarian Pop Music\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBenjamin Möckel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Embedded Abstractions: Authenticity, Aura, and Abject Domesticity in Hamburg’s Hafenstraße\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJake P. Smith\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAfterword:\u003c\/strong\u003e Concluding Thoughts: Authenticity’s Visual Turn\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eSara Blaylock\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042414461271,"sku":"9781785339998","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785339998.jpg?v=1750954072","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-politics-of-authenticity-countercultures-and-radical-movements-across-the-iron-curtain-1968-1989-9781785339998","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}