Screen LibraryThe port huron statement : sources and legacies of the new left's founding manifesto /
The Port Huron Statement was the most important manifesto of the New Left student movement of the 1960s. The essays in this volume including some from original Port Huron contributors probe the origins, content, and contemporary influence of the document that heralded the emergence of a vibrant New...
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2015] ©2015 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Politics and culture in modern america
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| Summary: |
The Port Huron Statement was the most important manifesto of the New Left student movement of the 1960s. The essays in this volume including some from original Port Huron contributors probe the origins, content, and contemporary influence of the document that heralded the emergence of a vibrant New Left in American culture and politics. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (352 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9780812290998 |
| Index Number: | LA229 |
| CLC: | G649.712 |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction / Chapter 1. Crafting the Port Huron Statement: Measuring Its Impact in the 1960s and After / Chapter 2. Two Cheers for Utopia / Chapter 3. Port Huron and the Origins of the International New Left / Chapter 4. The Romance of Rebellion / Chapter 5. The New Left and Liberalism Reconsidered: The Committee of Correspondence and the Port Huron Statement / Chapter 6. A Moment of Convergence / Chapter 7. The New Left s Love-Hate Relationship with the University / Chapter 8. The Democratic Process at Port Huron and After / Chapter 9. A Manifesto of Hope / Chapter 10. Putting Participatory Democracy into Action / Chapter 11. Port Huron and the New Left Movements in Federal Germany -- Chapter 12. Did We Learn How to Make Participatory Collectives Work? / Chapter 13. Participatory Democracy and the Fate of Occupy Wall Street / Chapter 14. Radical Democracy as a Real Utopia / Chapter 15. Philosophical and Political Roots of the American New Left / The Port Huron Statement -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |