Mayo del 68: una reinterpretación de su significación política
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El trabajo interpreta el significado político del conflicto de mayo de 1968 en París, oponiéndose a la legitimidad de las lecturas tradicionales sobre este acontecimiento. Así, en base a la teoría política de Hannah Arendt y a las reflexiones de Kristin Ross sobre el movimiento obrero-estudiantil, se propone la idea de que "Mayo del 68" tuvo un valor político singular que trasciende la determinación de su "fracaso" como revolución. Esto supone, simultáneamente, el cuestionamiento de las narrativas y representaciones a partir de las cuales se concibe regularmente la estructura del poder en el Estado moderno. En las experiencias de la acción política concertada, la autogestión y la "democracia participativa", el 68 francés permite revitalizar la comprensión a propósito de fenómenos políticos elementales como la autoridad o el consentimiento popular.
The article interprets the political significance of the May 1968 conflict in Paris by contesting the legitimacy of traditional readings on this event. Thus, based on the political theory of Hannah Arendt and Kristin Ross's reflections on the student-worker movement, it proposes that "May 68" had a unique political value which transcends the determination of its "failure" as a revolution. This proposition supposes, simultaneously, questioning the narratives and representations from which the structure of power in the modern state are usually conceived. In the experiences of concerted political action, self-management and "participatory democracy", the French 68 revitalizes the understanding of elementary political phenomena such as authority or popular consent.
The article interprets the political significance of the May 1968 conflict in Paris by contesting the legitimacy of traditional readings on this event. Thus, based on the political theory of Hannah Arendt and Kristin Ross's reflections on the student-worker movement, it proposes that "May 68" had a unique political value which transcends the determination of its "failure" as a revolution. This proposition supposes, simultaneously, questioning the narratives and representations from which the structure of power in the modern state are usually conceived. In the experiences of concerted political action, self-management and "participatory democracy", the French 68 revitalizes the understanding of elementary political phenomena such as authority or popular consent.
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Vol. 22, No. 40