Unsettled Debts: 1968 and the Problem of Historical Memory| Unsettled Debts: 1968 and the Problem of Historical Memory—Foreword

Robin D. G. Kelley

Abstract


This brief essay considers the broader significance of 1968 as nostalgia and counter-memory to the dominant narrative generated by liberalism and neoliberalism. It frames the essays included in this Special Section as not just critical interventions in historical and sociological studies but in current and future political struggles.


Keywords


memory, 1968, U.S. imperialism, radicalism, liberalism, neoliberalism

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