The Long 1968: Revisions and New Perspectives (21st Century Studies Book 7)

From The Mid-1960s To The Early 1970s, Revolutions In Theory, Politics, And Cultural Experimentation Swept Around The World. These Changes Had As Great A Transformative Impact On The Right As On The Left. A Touchstone For Activists, Artists, And Theorists Of All Stripes, The Year 1968 Has Taken On New Significance For The Present Moment, Which Bears Certain Uncanny Resemblances To That Time. The Long 1968 Explores The Wide-ranging Impact Of The Year And Its Aftermath In Politics, Theory, The Arts, And International Relations--and Its Uses Today -- Introduction / Jasmine Alinder, A. Aneesh, Daniel J. Sherman, And Ruud Van Dijk -- Foucault's 1968 / Bernard Gendron -- Palimpsests Of '68 : Theorizing Labor After Adorno / Richard Langsten -- What's Left Of The Right To The City? / Judit Bodnar -- The Rise And Fall Of An International Counterculture, 1960-1975 / Jeremi Suri -- Invisible Humanism : An African 1968 And Its Aftermaths / James Ferguson -- Pushing Luck Too Far : Northern Ireland And Nonviolence / Simon Prince -- Mexico 1968 And The Art(s) Of Memory / Jacqueline Bixler -- White Power, Black Power, And The 1968 Olympic Protests / Martin A. Berger -- Bodies Count : The Sixties Body In American Politics / Robert O. Self -- Beginning 9 Evenings / Michelle Kuo -- Sensorial Techniques Of The Self : From The Joussance Of May '68 To The Economy Of Delay / Noit Banai -- Tempered Nostalgia In Recent French Films On The '68 Years / Julian Bourg -- Rhetorics Of Resistance : The Port Huron Project / Mark Tribe. Edited By Daniel J. Sherman, Ruud Van Dijk, Jasmine Alinder, And A. Aneesh. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover 1 CONTENTS 6 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 8 INTRODUCTION 12 PART 1: 1968, THE TEXT 30 1 Foucault’s 1968 32 2 Palimpsests of ’68: Theorizing Labor after Adorno 60 3 What’s Left of the Right to the City? 84 PART 2: LOCATING POLITICS 102 4 The Rise and Fall of an International Counterculture, 1960–1975 104 5 Invisible Humanism: An African 1968 and Its Aftermaths 131 6 Pushing Luck Too Far: ’68, Northern Ireland, and Nonviolence 150 7 Mexico 1968 and the Art(s) of Memory 180 PART 3: BODIES, PROTEST, AND ART 228 8 White Power, Black Power, and the 1968 Olympic Protests 230 9 Bodies Count: The Sixties Body in American Politics 250 10 Beginning 9 Evenings 281 11 Sensorial Techniques of the Self: From the Jouissance of May ’68 to the Economy of the Delay 304 PART 4: 1968, THE MOVIE 336 12 Tempered Nostalgia in Recent French Films on the ’68 Years 338 13 Rhetorics of Resistance: The Port Huron Project 367 CONTRIBUTORS 378 INDEX 382 A 382 B 382 C 383 D 384 E 384 F 384 G 385 H 385 I 386 J 386 K 386 L 386 M 387 N 388 O 389 P 389 R 390 S 391 T 392 U 392 V 392 W 393 Z 393 Delving into a tumultuous year's impact on art, culture, and politics, this book "illuminates the often-overlooked histories of 1968" ( The Journal of American History ). From the mid-1960s to the early 1970s, revolutions in theory, politics, and cultural experimentation swept around the world. These changes had as great a transformative impact on the right as on the left. A touchstone for activists, artists, and theorists of all stripes, the year 1968 has taken on new significance for the present moment, which bears certain uncanny resemblances to that time. The Long 1968 explores the wide-ranging impact of the year and its aftermath in politics, theory, the arts, and international relations—and its uses today. From the mid-1960s to the early 1970s revolutions in theory, politics, and cultural experimentation swept around the world. These transformations had as great a transformative impact on the right as on the left. A touchstone for activists, artists, and theorists of all stripes, the year 1968 has taken on new significance for the present moment, which bears certain uncanny resemblances to that time. The Long 1968 explores the wide-ranging impact of 1968 and its aftermath in politics, theory, the arts, and international relationsand its uses today. From the mid-1960s to the early 1970s, revolutions in theory, politics, and cultural experimentation swept around the world. These changes had as great a transformative impact on the right as on the left. A touchstone for activists, artists, and theorists of all stripes, the year 1968 has taken on new significance. This book explores the wide-ranging impact of the year and its aftermath in politics, theory, the arts, and international relations - and its uses in the twenty-first century.--description provided by publisher