Student Revolt in 1968 - France, Italy and West Germany

List of contents

Introduction: history, myth and memory of 1968; Part I. Education and Culture: 1. The 'devouring monster': the university in the 1960s; 2. 'New managerial class' or 'social doctor'? The ambiguities of sociology; 3. 'Books for all': the democratisation of high culture; 4. 'Knowledge is over': the intellectual politics of 1968; Part II. The Politics of Revolt: 5. 'The space of autonomy must be created': the politics of democracy; 6. 'We represent nothing': the crisis of representation; 7. 'We began to talk': the seizure of speech; Part III. Crisis of the University: 8. 'Question, doubt and criticise': free speech at the Free University; 9. 'Student power': Vietnam at Trento; 10. 'An asylum for delinquents': the space of revolt at Nanterre; 11. 'A golden ghetto': the Critical University.

About the author

Ben Mercer is Lecturer in the School of History at the Australian National University, Canberra. He is the author of numerous journal articles including in French Politics, Culture & Society, the Journal of the History of Ideas and the Journal of Modern History and a contributor to The Oxford Handbook of European History, 1914–1945 (2016).

Summary

This comparative and transnational study of three student revolts in France, Italy and West Germany in the 1960s examines the origins, course and dissolution of these protests, arguing that the student protests of 1968 should be understood as a conflict between different forms of democratisation.

Product details

• Authors: Ben Mercer, Ben (Australian National University Mercer
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781108484480
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48448-0
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: New Studies in European Histor; New Studies in European History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; France, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Italy, Political activism, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1960 to c 1970, Social and cultural history, c 1960 to c 1969, West Germany, Political activism / Political engagement