1968 as a turning point in historical thinking: changes in western historiography

1968 ponto de inflexão no pensamento histórico: mudanças na historiografia ocidental

Abstract

This article deals with an evolution of the meaning of 1968 Cultural Revolution as an "rupture event". Big ruptures have occurred since then in the historiography, affecting convictions present in several conceptions of History and directing this discipline to the cultural studies.

Historiography; presentism; 68 generation