There are two major reasons of this movement, the first one is the baby boom that came after the World War II. The rapid growth of the population distorts the age structure of America. From 1940 to 1950, there were almost 27 million people aged from 14 to 24, and this number increased to 40 million in the 1960s. Thus, in the 1960s, the Unite States was full of youth groups, and made government a huge rush. Setting up schools for children to study, and making them blend in the dominant value system and economic structure were the things the federal state governments were working for.
Another reason is the alienation of youth.The separation between culture and social changes contributed to the youth cultural identity crisis, and made young people …show more content…
The overwhelming majority of
Zhang 6 hippies used it, and the few who didn’t approved of its use by others. The use of the term dope here instead of drugs is deliberate. To the hippies, it served to draw a line between the drugs perceived to be good and those deemed bad ”(Miller 25). Substances as marijuana, LSD, hashish, psilocybin, peyote, mescaline and morning glory seeds are most approved by hippies. Tom Coffin said that dope is part of the revolution, if you fear dope more than you fear Richard Nixon and his Machined Men of Death, then you have indeed sold out and bought in.
According to Timothy Miller, “In its use of dope the counterculture proclaimed of access to mental pleasure. Sex did the same for physical pleasure: free people should express their sexuality as they choose. To the hippies, any special character that sex might have did not mean that it should be restricted. Sex was, rather, a range of powerful and wonderful feelings and activities which one should feel to enjoy at will. No person was to be forced to engage in any sexual activities, but neither was any person required to restrain his or her sexual impulses” (Miller …show more content…
The movement of hippie culture seems to a most influential culture movement compare to other culture movements. “What we ask is the real peace, not for conflict”. This is a slogan of antiwar activists. The aim of this pro-democracy rally is to against the continuing war in Vietnam. The spirit of hippies that advocates the notion of love and peace has been affecting
Another reason is the alienation of youth.The separation between culture and social changes contributed to the youth cultural identity crisis, and made young people …show more content…
The overwhelming majority of
Zhang 6 hippies used it, and the few who didn’t approved of its use by others. The use of the term dope here instead of drugs is deliberate. To the hippies, it served to draw a line between the drugs perceived to be good and those deemed bad ”(Miller 25). Substances as marijuana, LSD, hashish, psilocybin, peyote, mescaline and morning glory seeds are most approved by hippies. Tom Coffin said that dope is part of the revolution, if you fear dope more than you fear Richard Nixon and his Machined Men of Death, then you have indeed sold out and bought in.
According to Timothy Miller, “In its use of dope the counterculture proclaimed of access to mental pleasure. Sex did the same for physical pleasure: free people should express their sexuality as they choose. To the hippies, any special character that sex might have did not mean that it should be restricted. Sex was, rather, a range of powerful and wonderful feelings and activities which one should feel to enjoy at will. No person was to be forced to engage in any sexual activities, but neither was any person required to restrain his or her sexual impulses” (Miller …show more content…
The movement of hippie culture seems to a most influential culture movement compare to other culture movements. “What we ask is the real peace, not for conflict”. This is a slogan of antiwar activists. The aim of this pro-democracy rally is to against the continuing war in Vietnam. The spirit of hippies that advocates the notion of love and peace has been affecting