Global 1968: Cultural Revolutions in Europe and Latin America by A. James McAdam

Description: Global 1968 by A. James McAdams, Anthony P. Monta Global 1968 is a unique study of the similarities and differences in the 1968 cultural revolutions in Europe and Latin America.The late 1960s was a time of revolutionary ferment throughout the world. Yet so much was in flux during these years that it is often difficult to make sense of the period. In this volume, distinguished historians, filmmakers, musicologists, literary scholars, and novelists address this challenge by exploring a specific issue-the extent to which the period that we associate with the year 1968 constituted a cultural revolution. They approach this topic by comparing the different manifestations of this transformational era in Europe and Latin America.The contributors show in vivid detail how new social mores, innovative forms of artistic expression, and cultural, religious, and political resistance were debated and tested on both sides of the Atlantic. In some cases, the desire to confront traditional beliefs and conventions had been percolating under the surface for years. Yet they also find that the impulse to overturn the status quo was fueled by the interplay of a host of factors that converged at the end of the 1960s and accelerated the transition from one generation to the next. These factors included new thinking about education and work, dramatic changes in the self-presentation of the Roman Catholic Church, government repression in both the Soviet Bloc and Latin America, and universal disillusionment with the United States. The contributors demonstrate that the short- and long-term effects of the cultural revolution of 1968 varied from country to country, but the periods defining legacy was a lasting shift in values, beliefs, lifestyles, and artistic sensibilities.Contributors: A. James McAdams, Volker Schloendorff, Massimo De Giuseppe, Eric Drott, Eric Zolov, William Collins Donahue, Valeria Manzano, Timothy W. Ryback, Vania Markarian, Belinda Davis, J. Patrice McSherry, Michael Seidman, Willem Melching, Jaime M. Pensado, Patrick Barr-Melej, Carmen-Helena Tellez, Alonso Cueto, and Ignacio Walker. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography A. James McAdams is the William M. Scholl Professor of International Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of numerous books, including Vanguard of the Revolution: The Global Idea of the Communist Party.Anthony P. Monta is assistant professor of English at Holy Cross College. Table of Contents List of Illustrations and Tables Preface1. Revolutionary 1968: Contending Approaches to an Elusive Concept, A. James McAdamsPART 1. Foundations2. The Slow but Long Coming of a Cultural Revolution, Volker Schlöndorff3. Italian Catholics and Latin America during the "Long 68," Massimo De Giuseppe4. Revolutionary Time and the Belatedness of Music in May 68, Eric Drott5. Non-Alignment and Student Protest in 1968 Mexico, Eric ZolovPART 2. Images of Change6. Pressure-Release Valve or Cultural Catalyst? The Revolutionary Potential of The Legend of Paul and Paula in the German Democratic Republic, William Collins Donahue7. Out of Place: Students, Workers, and the Politics of Encounter in Argentina, Valeria Manzano8. Protest Rock in the Soviet Bloc: Prague, Spring 1968, Timothy W. Ryback9. University Reform in Tumultuous Times: The Uruguayan Student Movement before and after 1968, Vania Markarian10. Whats in a Revolution? 68 and Its Aftermath in West Germany, Belinda DavisPART 3. Reactions To Change11. Chile 1960s: Intertwined Revolutions in Music and Politics, J. Patrice McSherry12. The French Sixties and the Refusal of Work, Michael Seidman13. Clash of the Icons: The Iconoclasm of the Image of the United States, Willem Melching14. The Anonymous Dead of 1968 Mexico: A Comparative Study of Counterrevolutionary Violence and Protest with Uruguay and Brazil, Jaime M. PensadoPART 4. Then And Now15. A 68 chileno? Politics, Culture, and the Zeitgeist of 68, Patrick Barr-Melej16. Arvo Pärt:The Unexpected Profile of a Musical Revolutionary, Carmen-Helena Téllez17. Words as Acts: A Literary Rebellion, Alonso Cueto18. Reform or Revolution: Latin Americas Dilemma in the "Long 68," Ignacio Walker Review "The essays in Global 1968 are fresh, based on an engaging mix of scholarly research and personal autobiography. As a whole, the volume is a pleasure to read, filled with original histories and provocative arguments." —Jeremi Suri, author of The Global Revolutions of 1968"In these essays, historians, filmmakers, literary scholars and others explore the events and impact of the tumultuous year 1968 and its aftermath in Europe and Latin America. . . . Global 1968 considers the short- and long-term cultural and political consequences of that memorable year." —Notre Dame Magazine Long Description Global 1968 is a unique study of the similarities and differences in the 1968 cultural revolutions in Europe and Latin America. The late 1960s was a time of revolutionary ferment throughout the world. Yet so much was in flux during these years that it is often difficult to make sense of the period. In this volume, distinguished historians, filmmakers, musicologists, literary scholars, and novelists address this challenge by exploring a specific issue--the extent to which the period that we associate with the year 1968 constituted a cultural revolution. They approach this topic by comparing the different manifestations of this transformational era in Europe and Latin America. The contributors show in vivid detail how new social mores, innovative forms of artistic expression, and cultural, religious, and political resistance were debated and tested on both sides of the Atlantic. In some cases, the desire to confront traditional beliefs and conventions had been percolating under the surface for years. Yet they also find that the impulse to overturn the status quo was fueled by the interplay of a host of factors that converged at the end of the 1960s and accelerated the transition from one generation to the next. These factors included new thinking about education and work, dramatic changes in the self-presentation of the Roman Catholic Church, government repression in both the Soviet bloc and Latin America, and universal disillusionment with the United States. The contributors demonstrate that the short- and long-term effects of the cultural revolution of 1968 varied from country to country, but the periods defining legacy was a lasting shift in values, beliefs, lifestyles, and artistic sensibilities. Contributors: A. James McAdams, Volker Schl Review Quote "The essays in Global 1968 are fresh, based on an engaging mix of scholarly research and personal autobiography. As a whole, the volume is a pleasure to read, filled with original histories and provocative arguments." --Jeremi Suri, author of The Global Revolutions of 1968 Excerpt from Book Why should we study the revolutions of 1968 today? At first glance, the answer to this question seems self-evident. Looking back on the tumultuous events that transpired more than a half century ago, one can hardly avoid raising the topic of revolution. Over the extended period that we associate with this year--roughly the mid-1960s to the early 1970s--this was a time of intense confrontation between the new and the old. During these years, societies were engulfed by conflicts over every seemingly in- contestable convention and practice. Students and workers protested against what they viewed as the unjust and corrupt institutions that held sway over their lives. Intellectuals and activists demanded that the ruling classes address systematic discrimination against marginalized social and political groups. Writers and filmmakers experimented with controversial themes and innovative forms of artistic expression. Remarkably, this explosive assault on the perspectives and practices that preceding generations had taken for granted was not limited to specific political systems,countries, or continents. It was a global phenomenon. In the words of Paul Berman, a student radical at Columbia University in 1968, "the weird quality of 1968 was the way that, for the first time since 1848, things took place nearly simultaneously all over the world." Because of this striking conjunction of events, scholars across a wide range of disciplines, from the social sciences to literature and the arts, have sought to capture the manifold dimensions of this period by speaking of the "Long 60s." In fact, some observers contend that these years marked the transition to a new age. Historian Arthur Marwick concluded his landmark study The Sixties with the following pronouncement. These years, he remarked, were "no transient time of ecstasy and excess, fit only for nostalgia or contempt." In Marwicks judgment, "there has been nothing like it." And, he added, "Nothing [will] ever be quite the same again." Other scholars have come to similar conclusions. For a group of German and American historians writing in the late 1990s, these events were evidence of "a world transformed." Even onlookers who view these developments negatively have not disputed their influence. For the political theorist Harvey C. Mansfield Jr., "the late sixties were a comprehensive disaster," an epoch, it seems, that is best expunged from liberal democratic society "like a powerful toxic waste." In a campaign speech on April 29, 2007, the center-right French politician Nicolas Sarkozy declared that the memory of 1968 should be "liquidated" for having imposed "intellectual and moral relativism" on his country. Two weeks later, Sarkozy was elected Frances president. Nevertheless, however contemporary scholars assess the events of the 1960s, positively or negatively, they must all confront an unavoidable question. Given the vast body of scholarship that already exists on the topic, are there issues on which there remains significant room for disagreement? The most fruitful way of responding to this challenge is to treat it as three separate questions: Can a given event or activity legitimately be called "revolutionary"? Has the event had the transformative effect that we typically associate with revolutions? Was this event a manifestation of a unitary set of developments, that is, evidence of a universal 1968? The first question is the easiest of the three. It is also the least controversial. In the tradition of social theorists from Max Weber to Description for Sales People ? While the year 1968 has often been studied as a defining revolutionary year in the United States, few books consider the impact of 1968 from a global perspective. ? This book brings together an innovative and international team of scholars and practitioners, including distinguished historians, filmmakers, musicologists, literary scholars, and novelists, to provide unique perspectives and a deeper understanding of the cultural interplay between Europe and Latin America. ? The authors show in vivid detail how new social norms, innovative forms of artistic expression, and cultural, religious, and political resistance were debated and tested on both sides of the Atlantic, and which of these changes endured. ? This book will appeal to historians of both Latin America and Europe, as well anyone interested in cultural revolution on a global scale. Description for Bookstore * While the year 1968 has often been studied as a defining revolutionary year in the United States, few books consider the impact of 1968 from a global perspective. * This book brings together an innovative and international team of scholars and practitioners, including distinguished historians, filmmakers, musicologists, literary scholars, and novelists, to provide unique perspectives and a deeper understanding of the cultural interplay between Europe and Latin America. * The authors show in vivid detail how new social norms, innovative forms of artistic expression, and cultural, religious, and political resistance were debated and tested on both sides of the Atlantic, and which of these changes endured. * This book will appeal to historians of both Latin America and Europe, as well anyone interested in cultural revolution on a global scale. Details ISBN0268200564 Short Title Global 1968 Language English Year 2021 ISBN-10 0268200564 ISBN-13 9780268200565 Format Paperback Subtitle Cultural Revolutions in Europe and Latin America Imprint University of Notre Dame Press Place of Publication Notre Dame IN Country of Publication United States Pages 534 Illustrations 20 Illustrations, black and white; 2 Tables, black and white Author Anthony P. Monta Publication Date 2021-06-01 UK Release Date 2021-06-01 AU Release Date 2021-06-01 NZ Release Date 2021-06-01 US Release Date 2021-06-01 Publisher University of Notre Dame Press Alternative 9780268200558 Edited by Anthony P. Monta DEWEY 940.556 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159518482;

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