|
|
The Contribution to the Problems of Public Activities of the Student Movement in the United States of America in the 1960s
Hochmuth, Daniel ; Kovář, Martin (advisor) ; Koura, Jan (referee)
The Contribution to the Problems of Public Activities of the Student Movement in the United States of America in the 1960s In many aspects, the 1960s were a turning point in the history of the post-war world. Great number of political, as well as social and cultural turbulences took place during the decade, changing the world in a significant way. Social movements (which student movement was a part of - and an important one, one should add) contributed to these changes in many ways. After the "silent fifties" which almost completely lacked any form of political or social involvement of ordinary citizens, the sixties brought wave after wave of social disturbances, commotions, and even riots. First the civil rights movement, then the anti-war and student movements, tried to transform the American society into a better one. Students gathered around the issue of the Vietnam War, turning it into a cornerstone of their political agenda and even though they participated in a number of other (often more constructive) activities, these got necessarily overshadowed by the war issue. In order to gain more members, the student movement was forced to adopt more militant and violent kind of actions, which eventually estranged its members to the majority society. When we take into consideration the distorted lens of the...
|
|
|
The contribution to study of student movements in the 1960s in the USA
Hochmuth, Daniel ; Kovář, Martin (advisor) ; Horčička, Václav (referee)
Student movements are without question an integral part of the 1960s. University rebels were so loud and radical that they were impossible to overlook. The sources of their activism were numerous - young generation grown up in an affluence of the post-war western world; the young people inherited moral values of their parents, and, finally, they felt obligated to eliminate evil and inequity in society. It was no easy goal, because American society of the 1950s and 1960s was conservative and resented change; the work inside the Movement was therefore frustrating. Continually confronted with inequity and injustice in the world, as well as with the feelings of failure and alienation in their lives, student radicals became restless and angry. Demonstrations and protests often ended up in violent confrontations with police forces. As the 1960s drew to a close, most of the students' ideals were gone and all that was left was anger and frustration. Movement split into several factions that were no longer able to cooperate; some of them fell apart in little time, some of them turned to even more radical and violent tactics. In spite of that, we can still say that student movements were an important part of the 1960s world and in many ways helped to form the society, which we live in today.
|
guest ::
