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From revolution to ethics : May 1968 and contemporary French thought

Bourg, Julian, 1969- author

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\"The French revolts of May 1968, the largest general strike in twentieth-century Europe, were among the most famous and colourful episodes of the twentieth century. Julian Bourg argues that during the subsequent decade the revolts led to a remarkable paradigm shift in French thought--the concern for revolution in the 1960s was transformed into a fascination with ethics. Challenging the prevalent view that the 1960s did not have any lasting effect, From Revolution to Ethics demonstrates that intellectuals and activists turned to ethics as the touchstone for understanding interpersonal, institutional, and political dilemmas. In absorbing and scrupulously researched detail Bourg explores the developing ethical fascination as it emerged among student Maoists courting terrorism, anti-psychiatric celebrations of madness, feminists mobilizing against rape, and pundits and philosophers championing human rights. Based on newly accessible archival sources and over fifty interviews with men and women who participated in the events of the era, From Revolution to Ethics provides a compelling picture of how May 1968 helped make ethics a compass for navigating contemporary global experience.\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Subject: Social change France History 20th century. / Social ethics France History 20th century. / Philosophy, French 20th century. / Postmodernism France. / Feminism France History 20th century. / General Strike, France, 1968. / Riots France Paris. / Changement social France Histoire 20e siلecle. / Morale sociale France Histoire 20e siلecle. / Philosophie franًcaise 20e siلecle. / Postmodernisme France. / Fâeminisme France Histoire 20e siلecle. / Grلeve gâenâerale, France, 1968. / âEmeutes France Paris. / France Moral conditions History 20th century. / France Intellectual life 20th century. / France Conditions morales Histoire 20e siلecle. / France Vie intellectuelle 20e siلecle.
• ISBN: 0773550453, 9780773550452

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