Detlef Siegfried

Christina von Hodenberg

Reform und Revolte in der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik

Wo "1968" liegt

The late nineteenth century witnessed unprecedented levels of urban growth as migration swelled the population of European cities to new heights. The resulting problems of overcrowding and inadequate civic utilities prompted the governing elites to look for new planning solutions to address the needs of an increasingly urbanised society. At the same time young people were also increasingly recognised as being adversely affected, both politically and morally, by the on-going process of urbanization. Church groups, civic authorities, middle-class reformers and political movements all tried to steer youth toward their own concept of respectable behaviour, concepts that often tended to share many similarities in their paternalistic emphasis upon social discipline. This volume directly addresses the confluence of these issues, the point at which the city government, youth and public space meet and the resulting problems and tensions that were often created. Whether it be the corruption of the rural youth flooding into the cities at the beginning of the twentieth century, battles between Hitler Youth and working-class gangs in Nazi Germany, hooliganism in 1950s Hungary or the appropriation of, or withdrawal from, public spaces by youths in more recent times, all the chapters in this book explore ways in which authorities and adult groups have sought to control young people, both directly and indirectly. Drawing on a broad selection of methods and disciplines, a wide variety of case studies from across Europe are used to investigate the interactions between youth and authority, and show how these adapted and changed over time and in different countries. By taking a fresh look at these issues within a comparative framework, this volume furthers our understanding of modern European society during the twentieth century.

European Cities, Youth and the Public Sphere in the Twentieth Century

Knud Andresen

Sebastian Justke

This edited collection examines how Western European countries have responded and been influenced by the apartheid system in South Africa. The debate surrounding apartheid in South Africa underwent a shift in the second half of the 20th century, with long held positive, racist European opinions of white South Africans slowly declining since decolonisation in the 1960s, and the increase in the importance of human rights in international politics. While previous studies have approached this question in the context of national histories, more or less detached from each other, this edited collection offers a broader insight into the transnational and entangled histories of Western European and South African societies. The contributors use exemplary case studies to trace the change of perception, covering a plurality of reactions in different societies and spheres: from the political and social, to the economic and cultural. At the same time, the collection emphasizes the interconnections of those reactions to what has been called the last ‘overtly racist regime’ (George Frederickson) of the twentieth century.

Apartheid and Anti-Apartheid in Western Europe

Junge Kommunisten aus aller Welt beim "internationalen Lehrgang" der FDJ - zwischen Toleranz und ideologischen Konflikten. Die DDR war eine bedeutende Drehscheibe des internationalen Kommunismus. An der Jugendhochschule "Wilhelm Pieck" am Bogensee nördlich von Berlin bildete die FDJ seit 1958 junge Revolutionäre aus aller Welt im Marxismus-Leninismus aus. Sie war Schnittstelle einer alternativen Globalisierung, die sich gegen den Kapitalismus richtete und Jugendliche aus den osteuropäischen Ländern, aus Westeuropa und dem globalen Süden vereinte. So sehr die FDJ die "internationale Solidarität" propagierte, so sehr wollte sie allzu enge Kontakte zu den Internationalen unterbinden, die eine Vielzahl politischer Überzeugungen und kultureller Praktiken mitbrachten. Auch ihr Erziehungsanspruch führte zu Konflikten, so dass die Schule ein Raum der internationalen politischen Diskussion war, aber auch von Anpassung und Kritik gleichermaßen – und von Liebe und Sexualität über Grenzen hinweg. Detlef Siegfried untersucht das globale Miteinander aus der Sicht der internationalen Studierenden. Im Zentrum stehen die Wahrnehmungen und Praktiken junger Dänen, die von 1961 bis 1989 an der Schule präsent waren. Sein Blick auf sie, auf die anderen Skandinavier, auf Lateinamerikaner und Afrikaner zeigt die Internationalen als selbstbewusste, oftmals kritische und im Nachhinein auch selbstkritische Akteure.

Weltrevolution in der DDR 1961-1989

Bogensee

As a jazz musician, filmmaker, anthropologist, sexologist, and crime novelist, the boundlessly curious German autodidact Ernest Borneman exemplified the conflicting cultural and intellectual currents of the twentieth century. In this long-awaited English translation, acclaimed historian Detlef Siegfried chronicles Borneman’s journey from a young Jewish Communist in Nazi Berlin to his emergence as a celebrated (and reliably controversial) transatlantic polymath. Through an innovative structure organized around the human senses, this biography memorably portrays a figure whose far-flung obsessions comprised a microcosm of postwar intellectual life.

Ernest Borneman: Jazz Critic, Filmmaker, Sexologist

Modern Lusts

Sven Reichardt

antibürgerlicher Lebensstil und linke Politik in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und Europa 1968-1983

Das Alternative Milieu

Axel Schildt

In the 1960s and 1970s, Western Europe's "Golden Age" (Eric Hobsbawm), a new youth consciousness emerged, which gave this period its distinctive character. Offering rich and new material, this volume moves beyond the easy conflation of youth culture and "Americanization" and instead sets out to show, for the first time, how international developments fused with national traditions to produce specific youth cultures that became the leading trendsetters of emergent post-industrial Western societies. It presents a multi-faceted portrait of European youth cultures, colored by differences in gender, class, and education, and points out the tension between emerging consumerism and growing politicisation, succinctly expressed by Jean-Luc Godard in his 1967 pairing of "Marx and Coca-Cola."

Youth Cultures in Changing European Societies, 1960-1980

Between Marx and Coca-Cola

Der gesellschaftliche Wandel in den 60er Jahren wurde besonders stark von einer jugendlich geprägten, häufig polarisierenden Massenkultur vorangetrieben, die sich seit den späten 50er Jahren herausgebildet hatte. Jazzbands, der Star-Club, Zeitschriften wie Twen und Konkret, Rundfunksendungen wie Radio Bremens Beat Club, die Folk- und Underground-Festivals auf der Burg Waldeck und die Essener Songtage von 1968, Wohngemeinschaften und Jugendzentren waren Kristallisationsformen dieser neuartigen Jugendkultur, die von der Konsumgesellschaft erst ermöglicht wurde. In der Bundesrepublik war die Erneuerungsbewegung mindestens ebenso stark wie in anderen europäischen Gesellschaften von politischen Visionen und Konflikten geprägt. Ihre stärkste symbolische Verdichtung fand diese widersprüchliche Symbiose in dem Signum 1968. Detlef Siegfried untersucht Bedingungen und Dynamiken von Entstehung und Ausbreitung der westdeutschen Jugendkultur zwischen 1958 und 1973. Im Mittelpunkt stehen ihre Akteure und Orte, Themen und Medien. Damit werden Protagonisten, Richtungen, Verläufe und Ausformungen jenes Wertewandels deutlich, der die Kontur der Bundesrepublik nachhaltig prägte.--

Konsum und Politik in der westdeutschen Jugendkultur der 60er Jahre

Time is on my side

In the 1960s and 70s, a new youth consciousness emerged in Western Europe which gave this period its distinct character. This volume demonstrates how international developments fused with national traditions, producing specific youth cultures that became leading trendsetters of emergent post-industrial Western societies.

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