The Wayward Flock: Catholic Youth in Postwar West Germany, 1945-1965 - Couverture rigide

Ruff, Mark Edward

 
9780807829141: The Wayward Flock: Catholic Youth in Postwar West Germany, 1945-1965
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ISBN 10 : 0807829145 ISBN 13 : 9780807829141
Editeur : The University of North Carolina Press, 2005

Synopsis

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the western and southern regions of Germany were home to intensely devout Roman Catholic communities. By the late 1950s, however, this Catholic subculture could not withstand the onslaught of a culture of consumption - motorcycles, Hollywood films, and vacations abroad. In The Wayward Flock, Mark Edward Ruff analyzes why the strategy of using modern means to fight modern society - which had worked so successfully from the 1870s to the 1920s - did not succeed in the postwar era. Ruff examines the vast network of Catholic youth organizations in West Germany that had traditionally served as a source for future youth leaders and a means by which the church could resist the changes of modern society. But organization membership dwindled from nearly 1.5 million in the 1920s to 600,000 by the early 1960s, due in large part, Ruff argues, to generational differences, an emerging ethic of consumption, and changes in West Germany's political makeup. Ultimately, Ruff demonstrates, church leaders were unable to provide viable alternatives to the antimodern and antiliberal ideologies of the past.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the western and southern regions of Germany were home to intensely devout Roman Catholic communities. By the late 1950s, however, this Catholic subculture could not withstand the onslaught of a culture of consumption-motorcycles, Hollywood films, and vacations abroad. In The Wayward Flock, Mark Edward Ruff analyzes why the strategy of using modern means to fight modern society-which had worked so successfully from the 1870s to the 1920s-did not succeed in the postwar era. Ruff examines the vast network of Catholic youth organizations in West Germany that had traditionally served as a source for future youth leaders and a means by which the church could resist the changes of modern society. But organization membership dwindled from nearly 1.5 million in the 1920s to 600,000 by the early 1960s, due in large part, Ruff argues, to generational differences, an emerging ethic of consumption, and changes in West Germany's political makeup. Ultimately, Ruff demonstrates, church leaders were unable to provide viable alternatives to the antimodern and antiliberal ideologies of the past.

Biographie de l'auteur

Mark Edward Ruff is assistant professor of history at Saint Louis University. He is coeditor of Christliche Arbeiterbewegung in Europa, 1850-1950.

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Éditeur
The University of North Carolina Press
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0807829145
ISBN 13 
9780807829141
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
304
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ISBN 10 :  1469615118 ISBN 13 :  9781469615110
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