L’imagination au pouvoir

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L’imagination au pouvoir is a famous French May 1968 protest slogan calling for creativity, imagination, and radical change to replace traditional structures of political and social power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French slogan ⓘ
political slogan ⓘ
protest slogan ⓘ
associatedWithCity Paris ⓘ
associatedWithEvent May 1968 events in France ⓘ
associatedWithIdeology counterculture ⓘ
left-wing politics ⓘ
libertarian socialism ⓘ
situationism ⓘ
linked to: Situationism
associatedWithMovement May 1968 protest movement ⓘ
student movement ⓘ
associatedWithPlace France ⓘ
callsFor creativity in politics ⓘ
imagination in social life ⓘ
radical change ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
documentedIn histories of May 1968 ⓘ
studies of political slogans ⓘ
hasLanguage French ⓘ
hasTheme anti-authoritarianism ⓘ
cultural revolution ⓘ
emancipation ⓘ
utopia ⓘ
historicalContext Cold War era ⓘ
linked to: Cold War

post-war consumer society ⓘ
influenced global protest culture ⓘ
later social movements in France ⓘ
literalTranslation Imagination to power ⓘ
Power to the imagination ⓘ
medium banners ⓘ
graffiti ⓘ
posters ⓘ
notableFor critiquing technocratic power ⓘ
symbolizing May 1968 in France ⓘ
opposes authoritarian power ⓘ
traditional political structures ⓘ
relatedConcept cultural liberation ⓘ
power to the people ⓘ
youth revolt ⓘ
sloganType revolutionary slogan ⓘ
utopian slogan ⓘ
timePeriod 1968 ⓘ
usedBy French students ⓘ
left-wing activists ⓘ
workers ⓘ

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May 1968 protests in France → slogan → L’imagination au pouvoir ⓘ