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It's difficult to tie the start of a cultural phenomenon to a single person. Much of the hippie movement was an outgrowth of the "Beat generation," of the 1950s and early 60s, with added rebellion related to protests against the Vietnam War and the military draft.
The US government is partly responsible for starting the hippie movement because they tested the use of LSD in California, spurring at least one of its participants to continue experimenting with the drug. Author Ken Kesey one of the participants who wrote reports on his experience for the government, later wrote a popular book, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, in which the protagonist, McMurphy, dodged the draft by feigning mental illness then rebelled against the hospital's establishment.
Income from this book allowed Kesey and one of his friends, Neal Cassady, formed a group of rebels in San Francisco that called themselves the Merry Pranksters. Kesey, Cassady and people like Timothy Leary influenced other young writers of the era, who, in turn, influenced young people. Contrary to popular belief, the hippie movement had nothing to do with communism or the Communist Party.
You can learn more about the beginning of the era in Tom Wolfe's book, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
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What concepts of the Civil Rights Movement were embraced by the Hippie Movement of the 1960s and 1970s?
respect and social dignity
What is the Counter Culture movement?
Counter Culture is a bad bad disaster of the 1200's it is based on Marilyn Monroe.
Why'd the hippie movement begin and what did it seek to do?
The Hippie movement began as opposition to US involvement in the Viet nam war, but they were non political, that cause was taken up by the Yippies. The Hippie movement sought to bring tolerance and openness to our culture, to expand religious belief and remove negative stereotypes from sex and marriage, as well as music and the use of recreational drugs. They felt alienated from the middle class which they thought was dominated by materialism and repression.
In the Vietnam War How did the Hippie Movement Beigin?
because the Vietnam war stoarted and the hippys just wated a peace and no fighting so they began a mosh pit sort of thing and began to ask for peace and they did drugs to.that's why i think it started
Do hippies listen to queen?
Did, they're both gone now...that group came towards the end of the hippie movement.
Why did the hippie movement start?
what did the hippies rebel against in the sixties?
When was glastonbury started?
The first festival was in the 1970 and was influenced by hippie ethics and the free festival movement
What is cultural movement?
it is a hippie movement
What is the cultural movement?
it is a hippie movement
Did the cal berkerly hippie movement start in 1965 or 1966.?
See website: Hippie
Should the words hippie movement be capitalized in a sentence?
Sure thing, honey. The term "hippie movement" should only be capitalized if it's at the beginning of a sentence or part of a proper noun like "The Hippie Movement of the 1960s." Otherwise, keep it lowercase and groovy.
What dominant culture was against the hippie movement?
rednecks
Which of these was not something associated with the hippie movement?
consumerism
When was the reggae era?
The hippie movement that began around 1967 occurred during the reggae era. Reggae music was influenced by the hippie movement as well. Hope this helps :)
What was the pinnacle of hippie culture?
The hippie culture was all about drugs, rock music, mystic religions and sexual freedom. The Woodstock Festival represents the pinnacle of the hippie movement.
What concepts of the Civil Rights Movement were embraced by the Hippie Movement of the 1960s and 1970s?
respect and social dignity
What is hippie family?
Such family which lives beyond the way a typical family lives in a western culture. The hippie movement was most popular in 1960s
