Volume 20 (2023), Edition 3

When comparing the German post-war boomer cohorts of 1955 to 1964 to the pre-war boomer cohorts of 1930 to 1939, one may observe striking parallels: From a psycho-analytic, psycho-historic perspective, the younger cohort seems to have internalized...

The generation of babyboomers is sketched out between their upbringing with high expectations as grandchildren of war in the »economic miracle«, unconscious delegation of reparation wishes, possibilities of self-realization and with crises after...

In drawing some case vignettes of the so called baby boomers’ early years the author points out their heterogenity. While he questions clichés of them being pampered and pretentious he differentiates the profile of the generation that is about to...

The climate crisis and its consequences are presented especially regarding the aspects of climate justice and injustice. The older generation is contrasted with the younger generation and both are described in terms of their mutual apportionment of...

»Millennials« and »Generation Y« refer to the birth cohorts from 1980 to the end of the 1990s. Their parents are the boomers. In this paper, the perspective of the younger generation on the Boomer generation will be presented. A report of...