Scholars have described 1968 as a critical juncture ( della Porta 2018a ; Tarrow 2018 ), a historical moment, and a “magical year” ( Zolberg 1972 ). What is celebrated in its fiftieth anniversary, however, is (as for any historical event) a
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Riccardo Bavaj
The student revolt of the late 1960s had far-reaching repercussions in large parts of West German academia. This article sheds light on the group of liberal scholars who enjoyed a relative cohesiveness prior to "1968" and split up in the wake of the student revolt. The case of Kurt Sontheimer (1928-2005) offers an instructive example of the multifaceted process of a "liberal critic" turning into a liberal-conservative. While he initially welcomed the politicization of students and the democratization of universities, he became increasingly concerned about the stability of West Germany's political order and placed more and more emphasis on preserving, rather than changing the status quo. Sontheimer was a prime example of a liberal critic shifting and being shifted to the center-Right within a political culture that became increasingly polarized during the 1970s.
In German Politics and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2009
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 39–59 (20 total)
Gabriele Mueller
This article examines two German films which, in different ways, engage with ethical questions raised by scientific advances in biotechnology and the specter of eugenics: Blueprint (Rolf Schübel, 2003), an adaptation of Charlotte Kerner's Blaupause, and The Elementary Particles (Elementarteilchen, Oskar Roehler, 2006), a cinematic interpretation of Michel Houellebecq's novel with the same title. Assuming different positions, the films contribute to the divisive public debate surrounding human cloning. Their visions vacillate between dystopian warnings of a commodification of human existence and euphoric promises of the potential to genetically erase human flaws forever. The films' main concern, however, is a critique of ideological positions associated with the generation of 1968, and the directors use the debate on genetics to infuse this discussion with an element of radicalism. This article explores the ways in which the films engage with the memory discourse in Germany through the lens of discourses on ethics and biotechnology.
In German Politics and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2010
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 1–18 (17 total)
Class versus Nation
A History of Richard Turner’s Eclipse and Resurgence
Ian Macqueen
Left in South Africa, a ripple of a far wider global movement of young adults. As is well-known, in 1968 the world was shaken by student and worker demonstrations as far afield as Mexico, the United States, France, Czechoslovakia and China ( Gassert and
L’impact de « mai-juin 1968 » sur la régulation sociale
Le cas de deux entreprises d’État en Haute-Garonne (1960–1975)
Clair Juilliet and Michael Llopart
’épisode de « mai-juin 1968 » constitue le plus grand mouvement de grève que le pays ait connu au vingtième siècle. Cependant, pour des raisons diverses, il est resté privé de « lendemain mémoriel 1 ». Si, jusqu’aux années 2000, l’historiographie a privilégié
In French Politics, Culture & Society
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- 01 Jun 2018
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- Research Article
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- 77–102 (26 total)
Donald Reid
With roots in the transformation of France during and after the Algerian War, the opposition by the farmers of Larzac and their largely urban allies throughout France to the expansion of a military camp into their lands is an emblematic event in the broad 1968 stretching a decade on either side of that year. It was particularly significant at Larzac, where a community of resistance remains today. Drawing on progressive Catholic thought and a new representation of the paysan, the conflict resonated in a France negotiating the terrain of a post-colonial era, a new relationship between the rural and the urban, and the feminist expectations of many supporters.
In French Politics, Culture & Society
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- 01 Jun 2014
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- Research Article
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- 99–122 (24 total)
"The Truth about the Mistake"
Perpetrator Witness and the Intergenerational Transmission of Guilt
Katharina von Kellenbach
Based on the archived correspondence between Artur Wilke, a convicted member of Sonderkommando 1005, and Hermann Schlingensiepen, a former professor of theology who acted as spiritual advisor to imprisoned Nazi perpetrators, this article examines the moral and political lessons that Nazi perpetrators communicated to their children. In a seventy-seven-page letter written to his son in 1966, Artur Wilke tried to preserve his paternal authority and moral integrity by denying personal wrongdoing. Instead, he portrayed himself as a victim of his teachers, of politicians, and of religious and legal authorities. He counseled his son to distrust the state and the law, and to submit only to divine authority. His political lessons and deep disillusionment with the German state resonated with the radical politics of the student rebellion of 1968.
In Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques
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- 01 Jun 2013
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- Research Article
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- 14–29 (16 total)
David Drake
Conventional wisdom holds that the political evolution of an individual passes from youthful radicalism to the conservatism of later years. In this respect, as in many others, Sartre declined to follow the norm. As a young man, despite his detestation of the bourgeoisie, his anti-militaristic sentiments, his anti-authoritarianism and unconventional lifestyle, Sartre remained aloof from politics, while it was towards the end of his life that his most radical commitment occurred, triggered in large part by the events of May-June 1968. This paper will establish that although Sartre supported the 1968 student movement, he remained essentially outside it and it made little immediate impact on his thinking or practice; it was only several months later that the ‘events’ made themselves felt to Sartre, leading him to question the definition of himself as intellectual which he had defended hitherto.
In Sartre Studies International
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- 01 Mar 1997
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- Research Article
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- 43–65 (23 total)
Jerry Z. Muller
German neoconservatism and its role in the political culture of the Federal Republic is largely uncharted scholarly territory. Especially for English-language historians and political scientists, its place on the historical map is marked, “Here lie monsters.” This article is intended not as a definitive treatment, but as a sketch suggesting the contours of the subject. It has become commonplace to regard 1968 as a pivotal year in the history of the Bundesrepublik. This article suggests that this may be true in a broader sense than is usually meant: that the significance of 1968 derives not only from the 68ers and their transformation of the political culture of the left, but also from the neoconservative reaction to the 68ers, which helped recast the political culture of the non-left. The article begins by exploring some of the difficulties in getting a conceptual and definitional handle on German neoconservatism. It then proceeds to examine in some depth the career and ideas of one of the most prominent German neoconservatives, Hermann Lübbe. Then the article discusses several key issues, events, and processes that defined neoconservatism, before touching briefly on the reasons for its dissolution as a coherent phenomenon and reflecting on its place in the history of the Bundesrepublik.
In German Politics and Society
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- 01 Mar 2000
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- Research Article
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- 1–32 (31 total)
Laura Levine Frader, Ian Merkel, Jessica Lynne Pearson, and Caroline Séquin
Lisa Greenwald, Daughters of 1968: Redefining French Feminism and the Women's Liberation Movement (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2018). Review by Laura Levine Frader (Emerita), Northeastern University In her detailed and
In French Politics, Culture & Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Mar 2021
- Article Type:
- Book Review
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- 132–144 (13 total)