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Examines the relationship between the present & the events of 1968 as one between two historical configurations rather than as a development from one point to another within the same historical process. Ancient & modern conceptions of time are compared, focusing on the Greek notion of chronos vs Walter Benjamin's Jetztzeit, which is closer to the Greek concept of kairos; the former is more quantitative & measured by the clock, the latter more qualitative & descriptive of internal moments. Kenneth Burke's (in Sheard, C. M., 1993) ideas on kairos as political opportunity encompassing the occasion & its historical circumstances are reviewed & related to Luisa Passerini's (2002) ideas on the "utopian strength" of a historical event; Ernest Bloch's notion of "utopian surplus" is deemed of particular relevance to 1968. Contemporary individualism & liberalism cannot be viewed as caused by the radicalism of that period; rather, the present represents a fresh opportunity to realize the unrealized promises of that era. 10 References. K. Hyatt Stewart