The Times of India published this Op-Ed by Swapan Dasgupta, in which he follows the lead of French President, Nicolas Sarkozy in saying that the cultural and political legacy of 68 needs to be swept away. It describes a “self-indulgence” of the period that ultimately filled the ranks of the right wing, 40 years later. The problem with this kind of critique is that it tends to negate all of the history that came before, as if the generation of 68 just woke up and made the world fucked up and the Left in fragments. 1968 cannot be plucked or isolated from the years or decades prior, just as its connection to today cannot be dismissed.
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