<b>May 68: the last revolutionary wave to reach the center of capitalism</b> - DOI: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v30i2.3205

  • Valerio Arcary CEFET/SP
Keywords: may 68, revolution, reform

Abstract

Revolutionary situations, as the May of 68 in France, can evolve in radicalization towards a revolutionary crisis – the hour of insurrection, when the crisis in the regime grows and precipitates a crisis of the State – or can flow back, and allow the stabilization of domination. May 68 in France was a defeated political revolution, as De Gaulle and the regime of the 5th Republic survived, but nonetheless a revolution. The revolutions in a country, especially if victorious, favor changes for reforms, both in countries where the earthquake blew up and in others. Even aborted revolutions function, historically, as a yellow alert for the leading classes that some concessions will have to be make, in order to prevent a new short circuit in sociopolitical relations. Reforms can be either economic, social, cultural, or political. However, the reforms were not the work of the counterrevolution: they were, essentially, a by-product of the revolution.

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Author Biography

Valerio Arcary, CEFET/SP
Professor de disciplinas de História e Relações internacionais http://lattes.cnpq.br/4593672422058186
Published
2008-12-18
How to Cite
Arcary, V. (2008). <b>May 68: the last revolutionary wave to reach the center of capitalism</b&gt; - DOI: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v30i2.3205. Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences, 30(2), 203-209. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihumansoc.v30i2.3205
Section
History