1968 — A view of the protest movements 40 years after,
from a global perspective
Edited by Angelika Ebbinghaus, Max Henninger and Marcel van der Linden (with assistance of Berthold Unfried, Eva Himmelstoss and Feliks Tych)
ITH Conference Proceedings, vol. 43
Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsanstalt 2009
227 pages. ISBN 978-3-931982-63-8
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1968 – A view of the protest movements
40 years after, from a global perspective
The 43rd ITH conference put a focus on the movements of 1968 from a global
perspective, emphasizing processes of transfer and exchange beyond borders.
These social movements, which in some – in particular, non-European
– countries took on the character of social revolts, were an international
phenomenon. They were linked by networks, or followed the example of similar
movements or sometimes were just contemporaneous, coincident, but united
by a related spirit. Studies of five different cases – China, Latin
America, Eastern Central Europe, Italy and Pakistan – reveal both
shared characteristics and differences. Other contributions show how shared
mental horizons, shaped by texts read all over the world, linked the movements
of 1968 globally, as did practical networks such as those that developed
from the movement to end the Vietnam war. What were the results, the long-term
consequences and legacies of the worldwide revolts of the 1960s? This volume
also tries to propose answers to these questions.
Contents
1. Introduction
1968 – Ein Blick auf die Protestbewegungen
40 Jahre danach aus globaler Perspektive
Angelika Ebbinghaus/Marcel van der Linden
2. 1968: Four Case Studies
China: Das Zentrum der (Welt)-Revolution? Die chinesische
Kulturrevolution
und ihre internationale Ausstrahlung
Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik
Der "Prager Frühling" und die ungarische
Gesellschaft. Reaktionen und transnationale Einflüsse jenseits der
Parteieliten im ostmitteleuropäischen Kontext von 1968
Hannes Lachmann
When Political Subjectivity Takes Root. The Case
of Porto Marghera (Venice, Italy)
Devi Sacchetto
Global Connections of 1968: Students of Pakistan
and the World
Samantha Christiansen
3. Practical and Intellectual Networks
"To American Soldiers in Europe". GI-Agitation
und US-amerikanische Deserteure in Europa während des Vietnamkriegs
Paul Benedikt Glatz
Neue Linke und Arbeiterselbstverwaltung in Jugoslawien
Boris Kanzleiter
The Cuban Cycle, Non-Synchronicity and Transnational
Contexts – 1968 from and within Latin America
David Mayer
4. After-Effects, Consequences and Legacies
Die neuen Frauenbewegungen und 1968. Thematisierungen
und Transformationen im internationalen Vergleich (Bundesrepublik Deutschland
und Japan)
Ilse Lenz
Von der antiautoritären Revolte zum bewaffneten
Kampf. Ein internationaler Vergleich mit den Schwerpunkten BRD und Italien
Max Henninger
5. 1968 and the Present
May 1968 and the Alternative Globalisation Movement
– Cadre Class Formation and the Transition to Socialism
Kees van der Pijl
Eine (un-)vollendete Geschichte? Die 1968er Jahre
als "kulturelle Revolution" und "Modernisierungsschub"
Peter Birke
6. Summaries
7. Authors and Editors