Wolfgang Kraushaar is a political scientist

Political science

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 and historian

Historian

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 at the Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung.

Kraushaar studied political sciences, philosophy and German studies in Frankfurt

Frankfurt

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. From 1974-75 he was the chairman of AStA

AStA

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 and resides in his current position at the Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung since 1987. He focuses on the analysis of protest

Protest

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 and political opposition in the Federal Republic of Germany

West Germany

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 and the German Democratic Republic

German Democratic Republic

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 during the period from 1949–1990, especially the protests of 1968, the Red Army Faction

Red Army Faction

The radicalized were, like many in the New Left, influenced by:* Sociological developments, pressure within the educational system in and outside Europe and the U.S...

 and K-Gruppen. He furthermore maintains a focus on totalitarianism

Totalitarianism

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 and extremism

Extremism

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, pop-culture and modern media.

Publications (Extract)

• Die RAF und der linke Terrorismus. Hamburger Edition, Hamburg 2006.
• Die Bombe im Jüdischen Gemeindehaus. Hamburger Edition, Hamburg 2005. ISBN 3936096538
• Fischer in Frankfurt. Karriere eines Außenseiters. Hamburger Edition, Hamburg 2001. ISBN 3930908697
• Linke Geisterfahrer - Denkanstöße für eine antitotalitäre Linke. Verlag Neue Kritik, Frankfurt 2001. ISBN 3801503208
• 1968 als Mythos, Chiffre und Zäsur. Hamburger Edition, Hamburg 2000. ISBN 393090859X
• 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.