Consumption and Violence : Radical Protest in Cold-War West Germany /

"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 contr...

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Main Author: Sedlmaier, Alexander
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : The University of Michigan Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table of Contents:
  • Department Stores : Political Protest in the Commercial Sphere
  • Neo-Marxist Critiques of Affluent Society : "Need to Break the Rules"
  • Consumer Society under Fire : The Militant Targeting of an Abstract Enemy
  • Public Transport : Protest against Fare Increases
  • The Media : The Anti-Springer Campaign
  • Urban Space : The Squatting Movement
  • Global Responsibilities : In Search of Consumer Morality and Solidarity.