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The Politics of Authenticity - Liberalism, Christianity, and the New Left in America (Paperback, Revised)
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The Politics of Authenticity - Liberalism, Christianity, and the New Left in America (Paperback, Revised)
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In the 1960s a left-wing movement emerged in the United States that
not only crusaded against social and economic exploitation, but
also confronted the problem of personal alienation in everyday
life. These new radicals - young, white, raised in relative
affluence - struggled for peace, equality and social justice. Their
struggle was cultural as well as political, a search for meaning
and authenticity that marked a new phase in the long history of
American radicalism. This text tells the story of the new left,
illustrating the spiritual dimension of student activism. The
author provides an account of how this radical movement developed
in a campus environment - the University of Texas at Austin, one of
the most important new left centres in the United States - while
linking local developments to the national scene. Rossinow argues
that the movement was deeply entwined with a personal quest for
authenticity. This search reached a fever pitch during the decades
of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s as a moral imperative that
intersected with the struggle for social justice. He shows the
continuity between the religious search for meaning in the 1950s
and the secular search for wholeness and realness in the new left
and the counterculture. Rossinow also demonstrates the pivotal role
played by the civil rights movement in forging these connections in
the minds of white American youth and explains the new left's role
as a force acting on its own to foment rebellion in white America.
This study links the diverse strands of radical movements, from
women's liberation to civil rights. Rossinow revises traditional
images of radicalism and offers fresh insights on the gendered
nature of the search for authenticity, and the reaction of
feminists to issues of masculinity among radical men.
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