Wolfgang Kraushaar

German historian and political scientist
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IntroGerman historian and political scientist
PlacesGermany
isWriter Historian Non-fiction writer
Work fieldLiterature Social science
Gender
Male
Birth2 September 1948
Age76 years
Star signVirgo
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Biography

Wolfgang Kraushaar (born 2 September 1948) is a political scientist and historian at the Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung.
Kraushaar studied political sciences, philosophy and German studies in Frankfurt. From 1974-75 he was the chairman of AStA and resides in his current position at the Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung since 1987. He focuses on the analysis of protest and political opposition in the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic during the period from 1949–1990, especially the protests of 1968, the Red Army Faction and K-Gruppen. He furthermore maintains a focus on totalitarianism and extremism, pop-culture and modern media.

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Publications (Extract)

  • Die Revolution der 68er – was war links?, in: Robertson-von Trotha, Caroline Y. (ed.): Herausforderung Demokratie. Demokratisch, parliamentarisch, gut? (= Kulturwissenschaft interdisziplinär/Interdisciplinary Studies on Culture and Society, Vol. 6), Baden-Baden 2011. ISBN 978-3-8329-5816-9
  • Die RAF und der linke Terrorismus. Hamburger Edition, Hamburg 2006.
  • Die Bombe im Jüdischen Gemeindehaus. Hamburger Edition, Hamburg 2005. ISBN 3-936096-53-8
  • Fischer in Frankfurt. Karriere eines Außenseiters. Hamburger Edition, Hamburg 2001. ISBN 3-930908-69-7
  • Linke Geisterfahrer - Denkanstöße für eine antitotalitäre Linke. Verlag Neue Kritik, Frankfurt 2001. ISBN 3-8015-0320-8
  • 1968 als Mythos, Chiffre und Zäsur. Hamburger Edition, Hamburg 2000. ISBN 3-930908-59-X
  • 1968 - Das Jahr, das alles verändert hat. Piper, München 1998.
  • Frankfurter Schule und Studentenbewegung - Von der Flaschenpost zum Molotowcocktail. Bd. I-III. Rogner & Bernhard, Hamburg 1998.
  • Die Protest-Chronik 1949-1959 - Eine illustrierte Geschichte von Bewegung, Widerstand und Utopie. Bd. I-IV. Rogner & Bernhard bei Zweitausendeins, Hamburg 1996.

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