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Podcast: New Books in German Studies
Episode: Soviet Hippies and German âOther â68ersâ: A Conversation about Youth Non-Conformity and Protest
Description: On first glance, Soviet hippies would seem to have little in common with right-wing student protestors in West Germany in 1968. Yet as Juliane FĂźrst and Anna von der Goltz point out, both groups were non-conformists in their respective milieus, and both groups sought to carve out space for individual freedom and expression amid political forces that privileged sacrifices for the common good. Juliane FĂźrst is the author of Flowers through Concrete: Adventures in Soviet Hippieland. Anna von der Goltz is the author of The Other â68ers: Student Protest and Christian Democracy in West Germany.Stephen V. Bittner...