Counterculture
Hippie movement era
Counterculture is a way of life that deliberately rejects mainstream society's values and norms.
The term emerged in the 1960s to describe youth movements opposing conventional attitudes toward drugs, sexuality, politics, and authority: the counterculture of the sixties.
Any subculture actively opposed to dominant culture qualifies: punk counterculture, online counterculture.
Sixties counterculture member
- beatnikFifties counterculture member
- punkRaw, fast rock genre
- bohemianismArtistic rejection of convention
- undergroundBelow ground or countercultural
avant-garde · alternative · fringe · psychedelia · mod · grunge · rave · skinhead
Rejection of prevailing norms
- idealismBelief in noble principles
- liberationRelease from constraint
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- egalitarianismPhilosophy of universal equality
collectivism · pacifism · environmentalism · free love · consciousness expansion · authenticity · anti-materialism · communalism
Public expression of disapproval
- activismDirect effort for reform
- sit-inProtest by remaining seated
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- manifestoPublished statement of principles
samizdat · street art · agitprop · happenings · underground press · performance art · consciousness-raising
Disagreement with authority
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- subversionUndermining established authority
- antiestablishmentOpposed to dominant institutions
radicalism · revolt · insurgency · uprising · disobedience · sedition · insurrection · anarchy
hippie
Sixties counterculture member
- beatnikFifties counterculture member
- punkRaw, fast rock genre
- bohemianismArtistic rejection of convention
underground · avant-garde · alternative · fringe · psychedelia · mod · grunge · rave · skinhead · zine
nonconformity
Rejection of prevailing norms
- idealismBelief in noble principles
- liberationRelease from constraint
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
egalitarianism · collectivism · pacifism · environmentalism · free love · consciousness expansion · authenticity · anti-materialism · communalism
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- activismDirect effort for reform
- sit-inProtest by remaining seated
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
manifesto · samizdat · street art · agitprop · happenings · underground press · performance art · consciousness-raising
dissent
Disagreement with authority
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- subversionUndermining established authority
antiestablishment · radicalism · revolt · insurgency · uprising · disobedience · sedition · insurrection · anarchy · mutiny
- 60s CinemaDr. Strangelove, The Graduate, Easy Rider, Bonnie and Clyde, Lawrence of Arabia
- 70s CinemaThe Godfather, Star Wars, Taxi Driver, Chinatown, Apocalypse Now
- BerkeleyUC Berkeley, Campanile, Memorial Stadium, Glenn Seaborg, Rose Garden
Countercultureconformity
Adherence to norms
dominant culture · mainstream · orthodoxy · mass culture · popular culture
Countercultureestablishment
Founded organization or venue
the system · power structure · elite culture · high society · corporate culture
Counterculturetraditionalism
Adherence to inherited customs
conservatism · status quo · tradition · traditional culture · preservationism
- 1960s countercultureSixties anti-establishment movement