Politics of Authenticity

Joachim C. Häberlen is Assistant Professor of Continental European History at the University of Warwick. He has previously coedited a theme issue on emotions in protest movements for Contemporary European History (2014) and published numerous articles.

“The Politics of Authenticity raises a number of meaningful—and provocative—interpretive questions, which makes it valuable reading for students of postwar social movements and countercultures, as well as those seeking to understand the recent history of democratic cultures and political participation in Europe.” • Central European History“This is one of the most distinctive and inspiring explorations of protest cultures that I have read in the last decade or so. While building on existing studies of social movements, it is original in its geographical breadth, diversity of topics and methodologies, and theoretical approach.” • Malgorzata Fidelis, University of Illinois at Chicago“The innovative studies collected here contribute to important discussions within contemporary history. This book will be very useful for both undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as scholars in history, sociology, and other fields.” • Pascal Eitler, Max Planck Institute for Human Development

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionJoachim C. Häberlen and Mark Keck-SzjabelChapter 1. Revolution as a Quest for an Authentic Life: The 1960s and 1970s in ItalyAngelo VentroneChapter 2. Authenticity through Transgression: Small Acts of Resentment in Post-1968 CzechoslovakiaBarış YörümezChapter 3. The Political, Emotional, and Therapeutic: Narratives of Consciousness-Raising and Authenticity in the English Women’s Liberation MovementKate MahoneyChapter 4. A Genealogy of a Politics of Subjectivity: Guy Hocquenghem, Homosexuality, and the Radical Left in Post-1968 FranceAntoine IdierChapter 5. New Feminism, Women’s Subjectivity, and Feminist Politics: Conceptual Transfers and Activist Inspirations in Yugoslavia in the 1970s and 1980sZsófia LórándChapter 6. Women’s Bodies and Feminist Subjectivities in West GermanyJane FreelandChapter 7. The Rise of a New Consciousness: Lesbian Activism in East Germany in the 1980sMaria BühnerChapter 8. The Italian Movement of 1977 and the Cultural Praxis of the Youthful ProletariatDanilo MariscalcoChapter 9. The Struggle for the Minds of the Youth: The Securitate and Musical Countercultures in Communist RomaniaManuela MarinChapter 10. Punk Authenticity: Difference across the Iron CurtainJeff HaytonChapter 11. Humanitarianism on Stage: Live Aid and the Origins of Humanitarian Pop MusicBenjamin MöckelChapter 12. Embedded Abstractions: Authenticity, Aura, and Abject Domesticity in Hamburg’s HafenstraßeJake P. SmithAfterword: Concluding Thoughts: Authenticity’s Visual TurnSara BlaylockIndex