Contributor
Gildea, Robert.
Edition Statement:First Edition
Imprint:Oxford : Oxford University Press 2013.
Descriptionxiv, 382 p. ; 24 cm.
Note:Foreword / Sheila Rowbotham -- Introduction / Robert Gildea and James Mark -- pt. I. Becoming an activist. Awakenings / Rebecca Clifford, Robert Gildea and James Mark -- Families / Piotr Oseka, Polymeris Voglis and Anna von der Goltz -- Inspirations / James Mark, Nigel Townson and Polymeris Voglis -- pt. II. Being an activist. Revolutions / Marie Cerna, John Davis, Robert Gildea and Piotr Oseka -- Encounters / James Mark and Anna von der Goltz -- Spaces / Rebecca Clifford, Juliane Frst, Robert Gildea, James Mark, Piotr Oseka and Chris Reynolds -- Drop-outs / John Davis and Juliane Furst -- Faith / Peter Apor, Rebecca Clifford and Nigel Townson -- Gender and sexuality / Rebecca Clifford, Robert Gildea and Anette Warring -- Violence / Robert Gildea, Gudni Johannesson, Chris Reynolds and Polymeris Voglis -- pt. III. Making sense of activism. Reflections / James Mark, Anna von der Goltz and Anette Warring -- Conclusion : Europe's 1968 / Robert Gildea and James Mark.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-368) and index.
Note:By the late 1960s, in a Europe divided by the Cold War and challenged by global revolution in Latin America, Asia, and Africa, thousands of young people threw themselves into activism to change both the world and themselves. This new and exciting study of 'Europe's 1968' is based on the rich oral histories of nearly 500 former activists collected by an international team of historians across fourteen countries. Activists' own voices reflect on how they were drawn into activism, how they worked and struggled together, how they combined the political and the personal in their lives, and the pride or regret with which they look back on those momentous years. Themes explored include generational revolt and activists' relationship with their families, the meanings of revolution, transnational encounters and spaces of revolt, faith and radicalism, dropping out, gender and sexuality, and revolutionary violence.
