May 1968

Author : Kristin Ross
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0226728005

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May '68 and Its Afterlives by Kristin Ross Pdf

During May 1968, students and workers in France united in the biggest strike and the largest mass movement in French history. Protesting capitalism, American imperialism, and Gaullism, 9 million people from all walks of life, from shipbuilders to department store clerks, stopped working. The nation was paralyzed—no sector of the workplace was untouched. Yet, just thirty years later, the mainstream image of May '68 in France has become that of a mellow youth revolt, a cultural transformation stripped of its violence and profound sociopolitical implications. Kristin Ross shows how the current official memory of May '68 came to serve a political agenda antithetical to the movement's aspirations. She examines the roles played by sociologists, repentant ex-student leaders, and the mainstream media in giving what was a political event a predominantly cultural and ethical meaning. Recovering the political language of May '68 through the tracts, pamphlets, and documentary film footage of the era, Ross reveals how the original movement, concerned above all with the question of equality, gained a new and counterfeit history, one that erased police violence and the deaths of participants, removed workers from the picture, and eliminated all traces of anti-Americanism, anti-imperialism, and the influences of Algeria and Vietnam. May '68 and Its Afterlives is especially timely given the rise of a new mass political movement opposing global capitalism, from labor strikes and anti-McDonald's protests in France to the demonstrations against the World Trade Organization in Seattle.

Author : Daniel Singer
Publisher : Hill & Wang
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1970-01-01
Category : Paris (France)
ISBN : 0809078538

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Prelude to Revolution by Daniel Singer Pdf

Author : Julian Bourg
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773552470

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From Revolution to Ethics, Second Edition by Julian Bourg Pdf

Winner: CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book Award, CHOICE Magazine (2008) Winner: Morris D. Forkosch Prize for the best book in intellectual history, Journal of the History of Ideas (2008) The French revolts of May 1968, the largest general strike in twentieth-century Europe, were among the most famous and colourful episodes of the twentieth century. Julian Bourg argues that during the subsequent decade the revolts led to a remarkable paradigm shift in French thought - the concern for revolution in the 1960s was transformed into a fascination with ethics. Challenging the prevalent view that the 1960s did not have any lasting effect, From Revolution to Ethics shows how intellectuals and activists turned to ethics as the touchstone for understanding interpersonal, institutional, and political dilemmas. In absorbing and scrupulously researched detail Bourg explores the developing ethical fascination as it emerged among student Maoists courting terrorism, anti-psychiatric celebrations of madness, feminists mobilizing against rape, and pundits and philosophers championing humanitarianism. From Revolution to Ethics provides a compelling picture of how May 1968 helped make ethics a compass for navigating contemporary global concerns. In a new preface for the second edition published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the events, Bourg assessses the worldwide influence of the ethical turn, from human rights to the return of religion and the new populism.

Author : Angelo Quattrocchi,Tom Nairn
Publisher : Verso
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1998-05-17
Category : History
ISBN : 1859842909

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The Beginning of the End by Angelo Quattrocchi,Tom Nairn Pdf

Provides an eyewitness account of the 1968 riots in Paris.

Author : Carole Fink,Philipp Gassert,Detlef Junker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1998-10-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0521646375

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1968: The World Transformed by Carole Fink,Philipp Gassert,Detlef Junker Pdf

1968: The World Transformed presents a global perspective on the tumultuous events of the most crucial year in the era of the Cold War. By interpreting 1968 as a transnational phenomenon, authors from Europe and the United States explain why the crises of 1968 erupted almost simultaneously throughout the world. Together, the eighteen chapters provide an interdisciplinary and comparative approach to the rise and fall of protest movements worldwide. The book represents an effort to integrate international relations, the role of media, and the cross-cultural exchange of people and ideas into the history of that year. 1968 emerges as a global phenomenon because of the linkages between domestic and international affairs, the powerful influence of the media, the networks of communication among activists, and the shared opposition to the domestic and international status quo in the name of freedom and self-determination.

Author : Andrew Feenberg,Jim Freedman
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780791490631

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When Poetry Ruled the Streets by Andrew Feenberg,Jim Freedman Pdf

More than a history, this book is a passionate reliving of the French May Events of 1968. The authors, ardent participants in the movement in Paris, documented the unfolding events as they pelted the police and ran from the tear gas grenades. Their account is imbued with the impassioned efforts of the students to ignite political awareness throughout society. Feenberg and Freedman select documents, graffiti, brochures, and posters from the movement and use them as testaments to a very different and exciting time. Their commentary, informed by the subsequent development of French culture and politics, offers useful background information and historical context for what may be the last great revolutionary challenge to the capitalist system.

Author : Julie Pagis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 9048534127

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May '68 by Julie Pagis Pdf

Much as in other locations around the world, civil uprising, particularly rooted in the activism of young people and students, plagued France during May of 1968. Massive strikes and occupations succeeded in paralyzing France?s economy and bringing the country to the verge of a leftist revolution. This book studies the life trajectories of many ordinary protestors during the period, using statistics and personal narratives to analyze how this activism arose, its impact on people?s personal and professional lives, and its transmission through familial generations.

Author : Michael M. Seidman
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781571816856

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The Imaginary Revolution by Michael M. Seidman Pdf

The events of 1968 have been seen as a decisive turning point in the Western world. The author takes a critical look at "May 1968" and questions whether the events were in fact as "revolutionary" as French and foreign commentators have indicated. He concludes the student movement changed little that had not already been challenged and altered in the late fifties and early sixties. The workers' strikes led to fewer working hours and higher wages, but these reforms reflected the secular demands of the French labor movement. "May 1968" was remarkable not because of the actual transformations it wrought but rather by virtue of the revolutionary power that much of the media and most scholars have attributed to it and which turned it into a symbol of a youthful, renewed, and freer society in France and beyond.

Author : Philippe Tesson
Publisher : Editions Didier Millet
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9814610682

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May 1968 by Philippe Tesson Pdf

May 1968 brings together the contemporary eye of acclaimed photographer Bruno Barbey and the pen of Illustrious journalist Philippe Tesson to reflect upon the weeks of civil unrest that shook France to its core in 1968. Radio, television and newspapers...The media played a major role in the events, both for the government and the demonstrators. While the popular posters depicted the riot police manning the microphones at the broadcasting service, the newspapers and radio stations took up the defense of the student protesters. Barbey captured the daiy life of the protesters, students and factory workers, immortalising key moments and nights full of violence and confrontations. From the beginning, the entire press corps had seized upon the events, but only the magazine Combat was on the side of the youths. At least until the violence erupted. Tesson, then Editor-in-Chief, relates his memories of the events which reverberated to the very heart of State power in France.

Author : Mitchell Abidor
Publisher : AK Press
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849352994

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May Made Me by Mitchell Abidor Pdf

Q: “You threw paving stones at [the cops]?” A: “Oh yeah. I had no problem doing that. And I threw marbles as well that we stole from stores. And towards the end we even managed to steal tractors from construction sites and we knocked over trees with them.” The mass protests that shook France in May 1968 were exciting, dangerous, creative, and influential, changing European politics to this day. Students demonstrated, workers went on general strike, and factories and universities were occupied. Before it was all over, children, homemakers, and the elderly were swept up in the life-changing events that targeted bureaucratic capitalism and the staid Communist Party. The French state was on the ropes and feared civil war or revolution. Decades later, here are the eye-opening oral testimonies of those young rebels who demanded the impossible. Published on the 50th anniversary of those momentous events, May Made Me presents the legacy of the uprising: how those explosive experiences changed both the individual and history. “These powerful and moving testimonies create an eye-opening account of the inspiring events of May ’68, which are more relevant for today’s activists than ever before.” —Paul Mason, author of Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future

Author : Raymond Williams
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781786636270

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May Day Manifesto 1968 by Raymond Williams Pdf

Anniversary edition of the classic political manifesto Urgently relevant to current arguments about the crisis of austerity, the 1968 manifesto set out a new agenda for socialist Britain, after the failure of the postwar consensus. It sought to change the nature of the state, to drive a wedge between finance and empire, to stress the importance of a planned economy for all, and to detach Britain from the imperial goals to which it had long been committed. Today, the spirit of The May Day Manifesto offers a road map to a brighter future. The original publication brought together the most influential radical voices of the era. Among the seventy signatories were Raymond Williams, E. P. Thompson, Stuart Hall, Iris Murdoch, Terry Eagleton, Ralph Miliband, and R. D. Laing. This edition comes with an introduction from Owen Jones, who brings a sense of urgency and hope to the contemporary debate.

Author : Wolfgang Scheppe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 8880561146

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Taxonomy of the Barricade. Image Acts of Political Authority in Paris, May 1968. Ediz. Illustrata by Wolfgang Scheppe Pdf

Author : Johan Kugelberg,Philippe Vermès
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Design
ISBN : 0956192831

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Beauty is in the Street by Johan Kugelberg,Philippe Vermès Pdf

In May 1968, demonstrations against the French government spread across Parisian universities, and then to factories and other workplaces, resulting in a general strike of eleven million workers that brought the country to a virtual standstill. Among the students were a group who called themselves the Atelier Populaire, who produced hundreds of posters to encourage the protestors and to report on police brutality. Beauty Is In The Street reproduces over 200 of these posters which have become landmarks in political art and graphic design. Also included are a wealth of photographs, many published for the first time, and translations of first-hand accounts of the clashes between the students and strikers and the police.

Author : Keith A. Reader,Khursheed Wadia
Publisher : Springer
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349227020

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The May 1968 Events in France by Keith A. Reader,Khursheed Wadia Pdf

The multiple impact of the May 1968 events in France is here reviewed and analysed, initially through a narrative account of the events themselves and then through a systematic survey of the various manners in which they have been interpreted and reproduced in France. This covers successively political, social/sociological, and cultural texts - first-hand accounts along with works by political activists and academic social scientists - before moving to a consideration of fictional works (novels and feature films) dealing with or set during the events.

Author : Dark Star (Firm)
Publisher : AK Press
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 1902593383

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Beneath the Paving Stones by Dark Star (Firm) Pdf

There's a new generation in the streets throwing bricks.