1968 as a turning point in historical thinking: changes in western historiography

Abstract

This article deals with an evolution of the meaning of 1968 Cultural Revolution as an "rupture event". Big ruptures have occurred since then in the historiography, affecting convictions present in several conceptions of History and directing this discipline to the cultural studies.

The persistence of lifestyles: Rates and correlates of homicide in Western Europe from 1960 to 2010

“…That year is engraved in the collective imagination by the outbreak of protests, university occupations and general strikes in May 1968 in Paris, but many other revolts were taking place across Europe (Klimke and Scharloth, 2008). Indeed, 1968 is often considered to be a turning point in history in several regions of the world, as it was the year of the approval of the Civil Rights Act in the United States and of several rebellions in Latin America (Aguirre Rojas, 2006). The 1960s also witnessed a relaxation of the norms that controlled relations between young people, the generalization of rock and roll as the music identifying a whole new generation, and the development of the first gangs, such as the mods and rockers in England.…”

Scholarship and Activism: A Social Movements Perspective

“…For example, academics can readily overestimate their political influence on students. Furthermore, while the partial colonization of academia by participants in post-1968 social movements brought many new approaches (Rojas, 2004), normal generational processes mean that to be radical, critical, Marxist, feminist, and so on, are themselves now often valued positions within university discourse. This has led to the strange phenomenon of academic critics of, for instance, austerity and neoliberalism who contradict their theoretical positions in their daily practice as neoliberal managers, engaged (for example) in active opposition to workplace organizing.…”