The Counterculture
“The postmodern shift involves an intergenerational change in a wide variety of basic social norms from cultural norms linked with ensuring survival of the species to norms linked with the pursuit of individual well-being.” (Inglehart. 2). In everyone, a personal shadow forms. Within that shadow a person buries the qualities that don’t fit their self-image. Morals are instilled from people in the environment, and a person then learns what is proper behavior according to society. Many people live out the socially acceptable life and others live out the disowned life. Once they become negative images to another groups projection the shadow turns into evil, like racism. People have to begin owning their shadow. By expanding their sense …show more content…
In 1943 LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide) was discovered by a scientist named Albert Hoffman. Hoffman discovered the drug because a test tube containing the drug had broken and the drug entered his bloodstream. Over the years LSD was used in many experimental ways. The counterculture saw the drug as a mind expanding drug. If someone wanted to cleanse the doors of perception, LSD was the perfect drug for that. Marc Lewis described LSD as a craving for freedom which is one of the reasons it attracted the counterculture. LSD could show a person where they are or where they’ve been. Ken Kesey and Timothy Leary were two men during the 60’s who helped create the LSD image in the counterculture and made it a symbol to a generation who were seeking change. Young people were going on what they called “trips” which is how they expressed what happened on LSD. These trips involved information flowing through the brain unchecked because LSD blocked serotonin receptors. There were great trips and bad trips, but LSD found its way into the lives of many people apart of the counterculture in the 60’s. For many LSD helped people open their minds to new experiences and a new freedom. (Lewis
“The postmodern shift involves an intergenerational change in a wide variety of basic social norms from cultural norms linked with ensuring survival of the species to norms linked with the pursuit of individual well-being.” (Inglehart. 2). In everyone, a personal shadow forms. Within that shadow a person buries the qualities that don’t fit their self-image. Morals are instilled from people in the environment, and a person then learns what is proper behavior according to society. Many people live out the socially acceptable life and others live out the disowned life. Once they become negative images to another groups projection the shadow turns into evil, like racism. People have to begin owning their shadow. By expanding their sense …show more content…
In 1943 LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide) was discovered by a scientist named Albert Hoffman. Hoffman discovered the drug because a test tube containing the drug had broken and the drug entered his bloodstream. Over the years LSD was used in many experimental ways. The counterculture saw the drug as a mind expanding drug. If someone wanted to cleanse the doors of perception, LSD was the perfect drug for that. Marc Lewis described LSD as a craving for freedom which is one of the reasons it attracted the counterculture. LSD could show a person where they are or where they’ve been. Ken Kesey and Timothy Leary were two men during the 60’s who helped create the LSD image in the counterculture and made it a symbol to a generation who were seeking change. Young people were going on what they called “trips” which is how they expressed what happened on LSD. These trips involved information flowing through the brain unchecked because LSD blocked serotonin receptors. There were great trips and bad trips, but LSD found its way into the lives of many people apart of the counterculture in the 60’s. For many LSD helped people open their minds to new experiences and a new freedom. (Lewis