Revista de Estudios Sociales

rev. estud. soc. | eISSN 1900-5180 | ISSN 0123-885X

Forty Years after May of ´68: Between Legacies and Controversies

No. 33 (2009-08-01)
  • Virginie Laurent
https://doi.org/10.7440/res33.2009.02

Abstract

Was May of ´68 a revolt or revolution? Was it a student movement or a working-class one? Was May of ´68 French or global in character? May of ´68, which combined unprecedented student protests with a massive general strike, left a strong imprint on the political, social, and cultural development of French society. Starting with a contextualization of the “facts,” this article reflects on the direct and indirect effects, as well as controversies, that May of ´68 still generates forty years later. It emphasizes the way that young people today perceive the events of period and how May of ´68 was at the center of the 2007 French presidential campaign.

Keywords: May of 1968, France, Student Movements, Social Movements, Youth, Elections

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