The May 1968 Archives: A Presentation of the Anti-Technocratic Struggle in May 1968
This essay argues that the events of May ’68 were not without substantial political content. Drawing on the May Events Archives at SFU, the author argues that the protests were not a vastly overblown student plank, but represented an important attempt to establish a politics of civilizational identi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Windsor
2009-11-01
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| Series: | PhaenEx: Journal of Existential and Phenomenological Theory and Culture |
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| Online Access: | https://phaenex.uwindsor.ca/index.php/phaenex/article/view/2887 |
| Summary: | This essay argues that the events of May ’68 were not without substantial political content. Drawing on the May Events Archives at SFU, the author argues that the protests were not a vastly overblown student plank, but represented an important attempt to establish a politics of civilizational identity and to answer the questions: what kind of people are we, and what can we expect as a basic minimum level of justice and equality in our affairs? |
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| ISSN: | 1911-1576 |