Overview
- Examines the role of generation in the intellectual and political debate of 1945 across Germany, France and Italy
- Offers a comparative approach to the evolution of these national political cultures, offering a micro-regional analysis of the concept of a pan-European generation
- Considers the changes and continuities in political structures marked by 1945 and questions the role of historical memory in these new democratic societies
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements (PSHSM)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Does Generation Matter? Progressive Democratic Cultures in Western Europe, 1945–1960
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Intellectuals, Science and Democracy
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Progressive Party Politics
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About this book
“Generation” has become a central concept of cultural, historical and social studies. This book analyses how this concept is currently used and how it relates to memory and constructions of historical meaning from educational, historical, legal and political perspectives. Attempts to compare different national generations or to elaborate boundary-crossing, transnational generations still constitute an exception. In trying to fill this gap, this collection of essays concentrates on one crucial moment of “the age of extremes” and on one specific generation: the year 1945 and its progressive politicians and intellectuals. Focusing on Italy, West Germany and France, it suggests that the concept of generation should be regarded as an open question in space and time. Therefore, this volume asks what role generation played in the intellectual and political debates of 1945: if it facilitated change, if it served as source of solidarity and cohesion and how post-war societies organized theirtime.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Jens Späth is Lecturer of Contemporary European History at Saarland University, Germany.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Does Generation Matter? Progressive Democratic Cultures in Western Europe, 1945–1960
Editors: Jens Späth
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77422-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-77421-3Published: 06 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08452-3Published: 19 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-77422-0Published: 21 May 2018
Series ISSN: 2634-6559
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6567
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 293
Number of Illustrations: 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Social History, Labor History, Modern History, European History, Youth Culture, Political History