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The Spirit of the Sixties: The Making of Postwar Radicalism by James J. Farrell (Hardback, 1996)

The Spirit of the Sixties explains how and why the personal became political when Sixties activists confronted the institutions of American postwar culture. The Spirit of the Sixties uses political personalism to explain how and why the personal became political when Sixties activists confronted the institutions of American postwar culture. After establishing its origins in the Catholic Worker movement, the Beat generation, the civil rights movement, and Ban-the-Bomb protests, James Farrell demonstrates the impact of personalism on Sixties radicalism. Students, antiwar activists and counterculturalists all used personalist perspectives in the here and w revolution of the decade. These perspectives also persisted in American politics after the Sixties. Exploring the Sixties t just as history but as current affairs, Farrell revisits the perennial questions of human purpose and cultural practice contested in the decade.

Place of Publication
London
Spine
28mm
Series Title
American Radicals
Content Note
Black & White Illustrations
Author Biography
James J. Farrell is Professor of History, Director of American Studies and Boldt Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities at St. Olaf College. He is the author of Inventing the American Way of Death and The Nuclear Devil's Dictionary.
Date of Publication
01/11/1996
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Genre
Politics: General & Référence

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