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The May 1968 Events and Intellectual Engagement: Raymond Aron and his ‘révolution introuvable’

  • Korean Review of French History
  • Abbr : KRFH
  • 2018, (39), pp.65~88
  • DOI : 10.51786/RCHF.2018.08.39.65
  • Publisher : KOREAN SOCIETY FOR FRENCH HISTORY
  • Research Area : Humanities > History
  • Received : July 31, 2018
  • Accepted : August 10, 2018
  • Published : August 31, 2018

Lee Yong Jae 1

1전북대학교

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ABSTRACT

Just before the waves of May 68 are submerged, Raymond Aron, ‘committed spectator’ published La Révolution introuvable, his record of this protest movement. The book sparked fierce criticism of the generation of 68 and was criticized as a supporter of the Conservative regime. But, convinced of the necessity of reforming the university and the society, Raymond Aron criticized not only the far-left ideology of students but also the authoritarian government of Charles de Gaulle. He discovered in the breaking waves of the May Events the origin of democratic individualism, which is characterized by the desertion of politics and withdrawal into the private sphere. La Révolution introuvable might be read again not as an observation on political convulsions but as a reflection on the contemporary civilization of the individualistic and materialistic spirit.

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