Faut-il ‘achever’ mai 68 ? Enjeux et réflexions

Abstract

Should we put May 1968 to rest? Ever since his (1996) L’Humanité perdue to his (2005) Nous Autres les modernes and even the more recent (2015) La Seule Exactitude, Alain Finkielkraut keeps revisiting the movement and the events of May 1968. He talks of its outcomes, more than a thought in itself which the author himself admits finds difficult to acknowledge. Despite that, the author draws some comparisons between the social and ideological outcomes of the May 1968 movement and what he considers to be constraints to present day France. Thus, starting off with some of his criticism, we have tried, with this reflection, to understand and consider some specific features of that momentous historical time, which are undeniably current.

Keywords

• outcomes
• rights
• freedom of speech
• paradigms
• May 1968