著者

西田 慎

出版者

奈良教育大学

雑誌

奈良教育大学紀要. 人文・社会科学 = Bulletin of Nara University of Education. Cultural and social science (ISSN:05472393)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.69, no.1, pp.49-62, 2020-12

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This article gives an overview of studies on protest movements concerning 1968 Germany. Today, many historians treat "1968" as a global phenomenon and a historical major "watershed." Young people fought against authoritarian universities, governments, and hierarchical structures, for freedom, justice, and self-determination. Movements spread worldwide. In West Germany, they struggled in opposition to the hierarchical structures of universities, the Kiesinger-government, the so-called emergency laws, and the Vietnam War.In 2018/2019, 50 years after 1968, many museums in Germany held exhibitions about the events of 1968. Reviewing the literature on "1968" and visiting "1968" exhibitions, this article stresses the following four points about the research trends on "1968" in Germany. First, many studies have emerged from a regional perspective. Second, studies from a global perspective have increased simultaneously. Third, many studies focus on political, social, and cultural events around 1968. Fourth, the" long 1960s," running from roughly 1959 to 1974, has taken on a new significance as a "watershed" in German history, beyond the significance of 1968 alone.