The Long 1968: Revisions and New Perspectives [Paperback]

From the mid-1960s to the early 1970s, revolutions in theory, politics, and cultural experimentation swept around the world. These changes had as great a transformative impact on the right as on the left. A touchstone for activists, artists, and theorists of all stripes, the year 1968 has taken on new significance for the present moment, which bears certain uncanny resemblances to that time.The Long 1968explores the wide-ranging impact of the year and its aftermath in politics, theory, the arts, and international relationsand its uses today.

Meaning and uses of 1968 today

Daniel J. Sherman is Professor of Art History at the University of North Carolina.

Ruud van Dijk is Professor of History and International Relations at the University of Amsterdam.

Jasmine Alinder is Associate Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

A. Aneesh is Associate Professor of Sociology and Global Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Bringing together the fields of visual culture, art history, film and media studies, philosophy, and history, The Long 1968 illuminates the often-overlooked histories of 1968. . . . [T]he diverse sources and methodologies makes this a welcome addition that encourages further avenues of research.

[T]he thorough descriptions in the very useful introduction and the internal coherence of each section of the book [and] the wide-ranging selections are quite navigable. There are pieces of interest here to scholars working in any of the areas these essays engage, particularly those teaching social movements, transnationalism, performance, representation, and cultural politics.Winter 2015

A rich and compelling volume . . . . [M]akes an important contribution to scholarship on '1968,' and it is very teachable.

The Long 1968 makes an important contribution to our understanding of politics and social life over four decades after the revolutionary fervor of 196l#%