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When Poetry Ruled the Streets : The French May Events of 1968 by Andrew Feenberg and Jim Freedman (2001, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSTATE University of New York Press
ISBN-100791449653
ISBN-139780791449653
eBay Product ID (ePID)1724870
Product Key Features
Number of Pages220 Pages
Publication NameWhen Poetry Ruled the Streets : the French May events of 1968
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPolitical Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Europe / France
Publication Year2001
TypeTextbook
AuthorAndrew Feenberg, Jim Freedman
Subject AreaPolitical Science, History
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight13.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2001-018877
Dewey Edition21
eBook FormatnetLibrary
Reviews"This book is fascinating to read. The May events in France are very important. They are open to numerous interpretations but certainly they provide the only example of a government of an advanced industrial society brought to its feet, if only for a couple of weeks. They resonate backwards with the history of revolutions and forward to 'the new social movements' and the upheavals and reorganizations in Europe that continue to this day." -- Mark Poster, author of Existential Marxism in Postwar France: From Sartre to Althusser "I know of no other book quite like it. It authoritatively captures an important moment in twentieth-century history, and does so with real verve and flair. I could not imagine teaching the sixties without recourse to it." -- Paul Thomas, University of California, Berkeley
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal944/.36
Table Of ContentList of Illustrations Foreword by Douglas Kellner Preface Abbreviations ONE. WHAT HAPPENED IN MAY: A CHRONICLE Andrew Feenberg and Jim Freedman Part I: Students versus Society La Phase Nanterroise Friday Red I The Concept of Cobblestones The Long Trek and a Short Truce The Grand Deception Friday Red II Monday, May 13 Part II: Society versus the State From the Sorbonne to Renault--Students and Workers A La Sorbonne Au Th´eatre de l'Od´eon A la T´el´evision The Government Triangle of Contention Friday Red III De Gaulle or Not de Gaulle Part III: The Last Act Workers versus Negotiations The Gaullist Gap CGT and Communists Re-Revolutionize The Return of Cohn-Bendit The End of May The Aftermath TWO. DOCUMENTS OF THE MAY MOVEMENT Commentary and translation by Andrew Feenberg Introduction Essay I. Technocracy and Student Revolt The Texts THE AMNESTY OF BLINDED EYES ADDRESS TO ALL WORKERS JOIN THE REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNE OF THE IMAGINATION Essay II. In the Service of the People The Texts THE "IN-HOUSE" STRIKE AT THE MINISTRY OF URBAN AFFAIRS RESEARCH BUREAUS: WALL-TO-WALL CARPETING AND REVOLUTION JOURNAL OF A NEIGHBORHOOD ACTION COMMITTEE Essay III. The Worker-Student Alliance The Texts THE STUDENTS AT FLINS THE PEOPLE'S STUDIO Essay IV. Self-Management: Strategy and Goal The Texts THE REVOLUTIONARY ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE SORBONNE THE UNIVERSITY AS A RED BASE NANTES: A WHOLE TOWN DISCOVERS THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE FROM ROADBLOCKS TO SELF-DEFENSE Bibliography Index
SynopsisMore than a history, this book is a passionate reliving of the French May Events of 1968. The authors, ardent participants in the movement in Paris, documented the unfolding events as they pelted the police and ran from the tear gas grenades. Their account is imbued with the impassioned efforts of the students to ignite political awareness throughout society. Feenberg and Freedman select documents, graffiti, brochures, and posters from the movement and use them as testaments to a very different and exciting time. Their commentary, informed by the subsequent development of French culture and politics, offers useful background information and historical context for what may be the last great revolutionary challenge to the capitalist system., Offers a complete survey of the French May Events of 1968 through narrative, analysis, and documents. More than a history, this book is a passionate reliving of the French May Events of 1968. The authors, ardent participants in the movement in Paris, documented the unfolding events as they pelted the police and ran from the tear gas grenades. Their account is imbued with the impassioned efforts of the students to ignite political awareness throughout society. Feenberg and Freedman select documents, graffiti, brochures, and posters from the movement and use them as testaments to a very different and exciting time. Their commentary, informed by the subsequent development of French culture and politics, offers useful background information and historical context for what may be the last great revolutionary challenge to the capitalist system., Offers a complete survey of the French May Events of 1968 through narrative, analysis, and documents.
LC Classification NumberDC420.F44 2001
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