The Spirit of the Sixties: The Making of Postwar Radicalism by James J. Farrell

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Exploring the impact of personalism on Sixties radicalism, Farrell revisits the perennial questions of human purpose and cultural practice contested in the decade.

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After establishing its origins in the Catholic Worker movement, the Beat generation, the civil rights movement and Ban-the-Bomb protests, this text demonstrates the impact of personalism on 1960s radicalism. It explains how and why the personal became political when 1960s activists confronted the institutions of American postwar culture. Students, antiwar activists and counterculturalists all used personalist perspectives in the "here and now revolution" of the decade. These perspectives also persisted in American politics after the 1960s. Exploring the 1960s not just as history but as current affairs, the book revisits the perennial questions of human purpose and cultural practice contested in the decade.

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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 now revolution" of the decade. These perspectives also persisted in American politics after the Sixties. Exploring the Sixties not just as history but as current affairs, Farrell revisits the perennial questions of human purpose and cultural practice contested in the decade.

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 TheNuclear Devil's Dictionary.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Discovering Spirit in The Sixties; Chapter 2 Catholic Worker Personalism; Chapter 3 The Beat of Personalism; Chapter 4 Civil Rights Personalism; Chapter 5 Liberated Personalism; Chapter 6 Student Personalism; Chapter 7 The Vietnamization of Personalism; Chapter 8 Countercultural Personalism; Chapter 9 Epilogue; Conclusion;

Review

"The Spirit of the Sixties is a moving and beautifully written analysis of how...the personal became political." -- American Studies"Farrell covers a lot of ground and covers it well..." -- Social Anarchism"The Spirit of the Sixties is an important and unique addition to the historiography of the sixties. Farrell has produced a well-written, cogently argued, and insightful volume on that puzzling, pyrotechnic decade." -- Journal of American History"...original and compelling historical work. For anyone who wants to think hard about the meaning and practice of a politically engaged, morally-driven life, Farrell's elegantly written account of postwar radicalism will be a rewarding experience." -- American Quarterly"Of the many recent studies of social movements in the 1960s, James Farrell's is among the most insightful, original, and important." -- W. J. Rorabaugh, University of Washington, for H-Net Book Review"Because of its range as well as its illuminating motif, the book would be very useful in a number of college-level courses on twentieth-century America." -- Dale A. Johnson, Vanderbuilt University, in ReligiousStudies Review, April 2002"...this work remains an important and thought-provoking contribution to existing literature on the sixties." -- Michigan Historical Review

Details ISBN0415913861 Author James J. Farrell Series American Radicals Language English ISBN-10 0415913861 ISBN-13 9780415913867 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1997 Imprint Routledge Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edition 1st Short Title SPIRIT OF THE SIXTIES Birth 1949 Illustrations black & white illustrations Subtitle The Making of Postwar Radicalism DOI 10.1604/9780415913867 AU Release Date 1997-01-29 NZ Release Date 1997-01-29 UK Release Date 1997-01-29 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Publication Date 1997-01-29 Alternative 9780415913850 DEWEY 303.4840973 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Pages 366 We've got this

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