The Other ‘68ers
Student Protest and Christian Democracy in West Germany
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11480673 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bill Mercer (0000-0002-3622-9558, Australian National University, corresponding author), Ben Mercer |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 310-312 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-16 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | German History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0266-3554 • E-ISSN: 1477-089X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/gerhis/ghab095 |
| OpenAlex | W4206646783 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In The Other ‘68ers, Anna von der Goltz analyses the ‘68 of Christian Democratic activists and how they remembered and refashioned that experience in subsequent decades. The book makes excellent use of over two dozen oral history interviews in addition to extensive archival research and tells a multifaceted story—of Christian Democratic engagement with and resistance to ‘68, of Centre-Right activists’ mimicry and envy of left-wing activism, and of the complex relation of these ‘other 68ers’ to Christian Democratic elders and conservatives. The Other ‘68ers makes important contributions to the history of 1968, Christian Democracy and the Federal Republic. Von der Goltz presents a ‘long 1968’ that was, at times, shared between Centre-Right and Left and, at others, marked by their confrontation. The first chapter reframes the origins of protest in 1968 by demonstrating that some Christian Democratic activists shared a desire for change and need to be heard in...
Christian right · Democracy · Media studies · Mimicry · Political science · Politics · Relation (database) · Resistance (ecology) · Sociology · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · European history and politics · Gender Studies · Law
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |