{"product_id":"consumption-and-violence-alexander-sedlmaier-9780472119417","title":"Consumption and Violence: Radical Protest in Cold-War West Germany","description":"Combining the tools of political, social, cultural, and intellectual history, \u003ci\u003eConsumption and Violence: Radical Protest in Cold-War West Germany\u003c\/i\u003e explores strategies of legitimization developed by advocates of militant resistance to certain manifestations of consumer capitalism. The book contributes to a more sober evaluation of West German protest movements, not just terrorism, as it refrains from emotional and moral judgments, but takes the protesters' approaches seriously, which, regarding consumer society, had a rational core. Political violence is not presented as the result of individual shortcomings, but emerges in relation to major societal changes, i.e., the unprecedented growth of consumption. This new perspective sheds important light on violence and radical protest in post-war Germany, as previous books have failed to examine to what extent these forms of resistance should be regarded as reactions to changing regimes of provision. Continuing the recently growing interest in the interdependence of countercultures and consumer society, the focus on violence gives the argument a unique twist, making the book thought-provoking and engaging.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Sedlmaier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0472119419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472119417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d","brand":"Alexander Sedlmaier","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086708388095,"sku":"9780472119417","price":69.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8f8e7bc2-9e4a-4c87-a75f-4becc480a427.jpg?v=1769096115","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/consumption-and-violence-alexander-sedlmaier-9780472119417","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}