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Remembering 1968: the student movement that set the stage for the center right.(CULTURE WATCH)

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| May 05, 2008 | Novak, Michael | COPYRIGHT 2008 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

AFTER 40 years, the year 1968 still brings to mind elite students, major universities, rebellion, the delegitimation of traditional authorities, cultural upheaval, the lifestyle revolution, marches for civil rights, anti-war protests, the drug culture, flower children, feminism, the search for personal meaning, and a last youthful gasp of the Marxist imagination. The year 1968 served a very spicy moral goulash--but where did all these seemingly disparate ingredients come from? And why did they emerge with such force at that particular time?

From my own experience of the 1960s, I would like to describe some of the arguments and insights that led a portion of the ...

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