When this book was published twenty-five years ago, it reached a wide group of Vietnam War activists, dropouts, and rebels – and their astonished parents. Theodore Roszak identifies a common basis between the student radicals and hippie dropouts of the sixties: their rejection of technocracy, the rule of corporate and technological expertise that dominates the industrial society.
Roszak examined the intellectual foundations of these groups through thinkers such as Herbert Marcuse, Norman O. Brown, Allen Ginsberg, and Paul Goodman. In a new introduction, he discusses how the counterculture has developed since the sixties.
Review by Alan Watts
In 1969, Alan Watts wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle that the book is an essential guide to understanding the intelligence and mysterious rebellion of young people. Themes such as the generation gap, student protests, the New Left, the beats, hippies, the psychedelic movement, rock music, occultism, mysticism, and the protests against the Vietnam War are treated with understanding and critical acuity.
Language and Scope
This book is written in English and suitable for self-study and advanced-level education (C1–C2). It offers in-depth insights into social and cultural dynamics and is ideal for those interested in history, sociology, and cultural studies.
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