Book contents
- Student Revolt in 1968
- New Studies in European History
- Student Revolt in 1968
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: History, Myth and Memory of 1968
- Part I Education and Culture
- Chapter 1 The ‘Devouring Monster’
- Chapter 2 ‘New Managerial Class’ or ‘Social Doctor’?
- Chapter 3 ‘Books for All’
- Chapter 4 ‘Knowledge Is Over’
- Part II The Politics of Revolt
- Part III Crisis of the University
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 1 - The ‘Devouring Monster’
The University in the 1960s
from Part I - Education and Culture
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 November 2019
Book contents
- Student Revolt in 1968
- New Studies in European History
- Student Revolt in 1968
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: History, Myth and Memory of 1968
- Part I Education and Culture
- Chapter 1 The ‘Devouring Monster’
- Chapter 2 ‘New Managerial Class’ or ‘Social Doctor’?
- Chapter 3 ‘Books for All’
- Chapter 4 ‘Knowledge Is Over’
- Part II The Politics of Revolt
- Part III Crisis of the University
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 1 analyses the meaning of higher education expansion in the 1960s. It describes how the university came to be perceived as an engine of economic growth, democratisation and social mobility. These aspirations proved disappointing. The underlying tension between technocratic, liberal and egalitarian rationales for university expansion transformed into an open conflict in the mid-1960s. I argue that, instead of understanding the student revolts of the late 1960s as a response to university overcrowding, the most important cause of revolt was the narrowing of the promise of educational reform.
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- Student Revolt in 1968France, Italy and West Germany, pp. 25 - 46Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019