1968 in Retrospect [electronic resource] : History, Theory, Alterity /
Bhambra, G.editor.
Demir, I.editor.
This volume examines the protest movements of 1968 from innovative perspectives. With contributions from leading social theorists the book reflects on the untold narratives of race, gender and sexuality and critically addresses the standard theoretical assumptions of 1968 to discuss overlooked perspectives.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: 1968 in Retrospect; Part I: Rethinking Historical Narratives; 1 Freedom Now! 1968 as a Turning Point for Black American Student Activism; 2 She's Leaving Home: Women's Sixties Renaissance; 3 Subterranean Traditions Rising: The Year That Enid Blyton Died; Part II: Theoretical Engagements; 4 From 1968 to 1951: How Habermas Transformed Marx into Parsons; 5 Critical Theory and Crisis Diagnosis: Key Exchanges Between Reason and Revolution after 1968; 6 On Totalitarianism: The Continuing Relevance of Herbert Marcuse
7 Everyone Longs for a Master: Lacan and 1968Part III: Other Voices; 8 May 1968 and Algerian Immigrants in France: Trajectories of Mobilization and Encounter; 9 Turning to Africa: Politics and Student Resistance in Africa since 1968; 10 Riding the Waves: Feminism, Lesbian and Gay Politics, and the Transgender Debates; 11 Subjectivization, State and Other: On the Limits of Our Political Imagination; Conclusion: When Did 1968 End?; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; W; X; Z
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This volume examines the protest movements of 1968 from innovative perspectives. With contributions from leading social theorists the book reflects on the untold narratives of race, gender and sexuality and critically addresses the standard theoretical assumptions of 1968 to discuss overlooked perspectives.
Political sociology.
Welfare state.
Social history.
Civilization—History.
Culture.
Sociology.
Political Sociology.
Politics of the Welfare State.
Social History.
Cultural History.
Sociology of Culture.
Sociology, general.