counterculture
Nonconformist social movement
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 politics, drugs, sexuality, and authority: the counterculture of the sixties, hippie counterculture.
Any subculture defined by opposition to dominant culture may be called a counterculture: punk counterculture, online counterculture.
Countercultural youth of the sixties
- WoodstockLandmark 1969 music festival
- beatniksFifties countercultural rebels
- psychedeliaDrug-inspired artistic movement
- flower powerNonviolent resistance ideology
Summer of Love · commune · folk music · youthquake · free love · draft dodging · sit-in · consciousness expansion
Unstructured romantic and sexual bonds
- polyamoryConsensual multiple romantic relationships
- non-monogamyHaving multiple romantic partners
- sexual liberationFreedom in intimate matters
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
gay liberation · body positivity · nudism · tantric · open relationship · sexual revolution · autonomy · consent
Public expression of disapproval
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
- activismDirect effort for reform
revolution · nonconformity · disobedience · iconoclasm · radical · anarchy · antiestablishment · uprising
Below ground or countercultural
- DIYAmateur home projects
- zineSelf-published small periodical
- indieProduced outside majors
- punkRaw, fast rock genre
grunge · offbeat · niche · fringe · grassroots · lo-fi · self-published · samizdat
Fifties counterculture member
- nonconformistRejects prevailing social standards
- hipsterAggressively alternative person
- artistMaker of creative works
- eccentricUnconventional in character
poet · outsider · maverick · wanderer · dropout · freethinker · individualist · vagabond
Pursuit of divine union
- Eastern philosophyAsian intellectual traditions
- meditationFocused attention practice
- psychedeliaDrug-inspired artistic movement
- shamanIndigenous spiritual healer
consciousness · transcendence · enlightenment · Zen · Hare Krishna · ashram · guru · tarot
Communal economic control
- MarxismClass-based revolutionary philosophy
- anarchismPhilosophy rejecting state authority
- anti-capitalismOpposition to market economies
- egalitarianismPhilosophy of universal equality
revolutionary · syndicalism · communism · anti-imperialism · collective ownership · class struggle · solidarity · comrade
hippies
Countercultural youth of the sixties
- WoodstockLandmark 1969 music festival
- beatniksFifties countercultural rebels
- psychedeliaDrug-inspired artistic movement
flower power · Summer of Love · commune · folk music · youthquake · free love · draft dodging · sit-in · consciousness expansion · liberation
free love
Unstructured romantic and sexual bonds
- polyamoryConsensual multiple romantic relationships
- non-monogamyHaving multiple romantic partners
- sexual liberationFreedom in intimate matters
feminism · gay liberation · body positivity · nudism · tantric · open relationship · sexual revolution · autonomy · consent · Stonewall
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- defianceOpen resistance to authority
activism · revolution · nonconformity · disobedience · iconoclasm · radical · anarchy · antiestablishment · uprising · boycott
underground
Below ground or countercultural
punk · grunge · offbeat · niche · fringe · grassroots · lo-fi · self-published · samizdat · pirate radio
beatnik
Fifties counterculture member
- nonconformistRejects prevailing social standards
- hipsterAggressively alternative person
- artistMaker of creative works
eccentric · poet · outsider · maverick · wanderer · dropout · freethinker · individualist · vagabond · romantic
mysticism
Pursuit of divine union
- Eastern philosophyAsian intellectual traditions
- meditationFocused attention practice
- psychedeliaDrug-inspired artistic movement
shaman · consciousness · transcendence · enlightenment · Zen · Hare Krishna · ashram · guru · tarot · astrology
socialism
Communal economic control
- MarxismClass-based revolutionary philosophy
- anarchismPhilosophy rejecting state authority
- anti-capitalismOpposition to market economies
egalitarianism · revolutionary · syndicalism · communism · anti-imperialism · collective ownership · class struggle · solidarity · comrade · New Left
- Communescommunes, communal living, kibbutz, hippie commune, utopian communities
- culturemusic taste, beliefs, food preferences, custom, festivals
- cultural historyart history, music history, social history, collective memory, literary history
- 20th century cultureRoaring Twenties, Jazz Age, Great Depression, baby boom, civil rights movement
- cultural conceptstrends, movements, icons, fads, phenomena
- culturesmulticultural, underground, bohemian, monoculture, intercultural
counterculturemainstream
Dominant cultural current
conformity · dominant culture · establishment · orthodoxy · status quo
countercultureelite culture
Prestigious aesthetic traditions
hegemony · corporate culture · civic culture · polite society · the system
counterculturetraditionalism
Adherence to inherited customs
conservatism · traditional culture · old guard · traditional values
- 1960s countercultureSixties anti-establishment movement
- countercultural movement