1968 in retrospect : history, theory, alterity / edited by Gurminder K. Bhambra and Ipek Demir.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bhambra, Gurminder K.

Demir, Ipek.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nineteen sixty-eight, A.D.

Social movements.

Marginality, Social.

Culture conflict.

Physical Description:

xix, 199 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Nineteen sixty-eight in retrospect

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Summary:

What is the meaning of 1968, a year which figures large in the social imaginary? This volume brings together leading social theorists as well as promising younger scholars to examine the phenomenon of '1968' from a number of innovative perspectives, including situating 1968 in a global context. The first part includes chapters by leading scholars who were witness to the events, reflecting on untold narratives of race, gender and sexuality as well as weaving their own personal stories into the analysis. The second part critically addresses the standard theoretical concepts and assumptions of 1968. The final part examines 'other voices', examining the struggles of African students, immigrants in France, transgender peoples, and provides a critique of the notion of 'other voices'. The volume also explores if, and when, 1968 'ended'.

Contents:

Part I Rethinking Historical Narratives

1 Freedom Now! 1968 as a Turning Point for Black American Student Activism / Patricia Hill Collins 3

2 She's Leaving Home: Women's Sixties Renaissance / Lynne Segal 29

3 Subterranean Traditions Rising: The Year That Enid Blyton Died / Ken Plummer 43

Part II Theoretical Engagements

4 From 1968 to 1951: How Habermas Transformed Marx into Parsons / John Holmwood 59

5 Critical Theory and Crisis Diagnosis: Key Exchanges Between Reason and Revolution after 1968 / Tracey Skillington 73

6 On Totalitarianism: The Continuing Relevance of Herbert Marcuse / Sarah Hornstein 87

7 Everyone Longs for a Master: Lacan and 1968 / Stephen Frosh 100

Part III Other Voices

8 May 1968 and Algerian Immigrants in France: Trajectories of Mobilization and Encounter / Maud Anne Bracke 115

9 Turning to Africa: Politics and Student Resistance in Africa since 1968 / Leo Zeilig 131

10 Riding the Waves: Feminism, Lesbian and Gay Politics, and the Transgender Debates / Sally Hines 147

11 Subjectivization, State and Other: On the Limits of Our Political Imagination / Mihnea Panu 160.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230229327

0230229328

OCLC:

317926974