1968 in Retrospect (eBook, PDF)

History, Theory, Alterity
Redaktion: Bhambra, G.; Demir, I.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 199
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230250857
• Artikelnr.: 45964436

Autorenporträt

MAUD ANNE BRACKE is Lecturer of Modern European History at the University of Glasgow, UK PATRICIA HILL COLLINS is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, USA STEPHEN FROSH is Pro-Vice-Master, Head of the School of Psychosocial Studies and Professor of Psychology at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK SALLY HINES is Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy and the 'Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies' (CIGS) at the University of Leeds, UK JOHN HOLMWOOD is Professor of Sociology at the University of Birmingham, UK SARAH HORNSTEIN is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at York University in Toronto, Canada WILLIAM OUTHWAITE is Professor of Sociology at Newcastle University, UK MIHNEA PANU teaches sociology at Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada KEN PLUMMER previously taught at Essex University, UK and at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA LYNNE SEGAL is Anniversary Professor of Psychology and Gender Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London, UK TRACEY SKILLINGTON teaches in the Department of Sociology, University College Cork, Ireland LEO ZEILIG works in the Department of Sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: 1968 in Retrospect; G.K.Bhambra & I.Demir PART I: RETHINKING HISTORICAL NARRATIVES Freedom Now: 1968 as a Turning Point for Black American Student Activism; P.Hill Collins She's Leaving Home! Repositioning Women in the Narratives of the Sixties; L.Segal Outsiders, Deviants and Countercultures: Subterranean Tribes and Queer Imaginations in 1968; K.Plummer PART II: THEORETICAL ENGAGEMENTS From 1968 to 1951: How Habermas Turned Marx into Parsons; J.Holmwood Critical Theory and Crisis Diagnosis: The Reconciliation of Reason and Revolution after 1968; T.Skillington On Totalitarianism: The Continuing Relevance of Herbert Marcuse; S.Hornstein Everyone Longs for a Master: Lacan and 1968; S.Frosh PART III: OTHER VOICES May 1968 and the Postcolonial Immigrant in France: Mobilisation, Encounter, Difference; M.A.Bracke Turning to Africa: Politics and Student Resistance in Africa since 1968; L.Zeilig Riding the Waves: Feminism, Lesbian and Gay Politics, and the Transgender Debates; S.Hines On the Limits of our Political Imagination? Interrogating 'the Other'; M.Panu Conclusion: When did 1968 End?; W.Outhwaite

Rezensionen

'it is best described as a set of reflections on the intellectual consequences of the events of that year. Social movement scholars are thus just as likely to find nuggets of insight on particular theoretical and intellectual questions as any other reader.'

- Social Movement Studies