Chapter 1. Crafting the Port Huron Statement: Measuring Its Impact in the 1960s and After

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Chapter 1. Crafting the Port Huron Statement: Measuring Its Impact in the 1960s and After 16
5. Part I. Intellectual and Cultural Foundations
6. Chapter 2. Two Cheers for Utopia 39
7. Chapter 3. Port Huron and the Origins of the International New Left 50
8. Chapter 4. The Romance of Rebellion 65
9. Part II. Liberalism and Radicalism Conjoined and Divided
10. Chapter 5. The New Left and Liberalism Reconsidered: The Committee of Correspondence and the Port Huron Statement 83
11. Chapter 6. A Moment of Convergence 95
12. Chapter 7. The New Left’s Love-Hate Relationship with the University 107
13. Part III. Putting Participatory Democracy into Practice
14. Chapter 8. The Democratic Process at Port Huron and After 127
15. Chapter 9. A Manifesto of Hope 140
16. Chapter 10. Putting Participatory Democracy into Action 148
17. Chapter 11. Port Huron and the New Left Movements in Federal Germany 161
18. Part IV. Lessons and Legacies
19. Chapter 12. Did We Learn How to Make Participatory Collectives Work? 193
20. Chapter 13. Participatory Democracy and the Fate of Occupy Wall Street 206
21. Chapter 14. Radical Democracy as a Real Utopia 215
22. Chapter 15. Philosophical and Political Roots of the American New Left 224
23. The Port Huron Statement 239
24. Notes 285
25. List of Contributors 315
26. Index 318
27. Acknowledgments 331