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    Investigation What role did the hippies have in influencing the counterculture movement in the 1960s? The counterculture movement took place in the United States and Western Europe during the 1960s. It went against tradition, going against respect for monogamy, governmental and parental power, religion, and many other American customs (McWilliams 79). The hippies in America contributed largely to the movement with their principles of freedom, peace, and love. The hippies contributed largely to the counterculture

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    deviant will conform to such a label (Young, 1971). Labelling theory (Young, 1971) suggests that when a factor of a subculture is criminalised, those who identify with the subculture will identify with these deviant factors also. This was seen in the hippy subculture where cannabis became part of the culture's identity by the use of labelling through media messaging (Becker, 1963). In more current research labelling theory can be looked at from the idea of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Link et al (2001)

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    In the case of the church session the action recommended is to keep the “Hippy House” open and accept the resignation of the Trustee. The Trustee appeared to have lost focus of the mission and his trust in other leaders in involve with the mission. If the mission was part of the clever idea, in due time God would have revealed it. Nevertheless, Scripture reminds us to leave at peace with all men (Rom.12:18, NASB). Furthermore, God sent His Son, Jesus Christ into the world as a work of His mission

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    The Hippies were born into the fluctuating world of the early 1950’s and late 1940’s. They were raised in the heart of a revolution, a time when sexual liberty, drug usage and psychedelic music took centre stage. Countless numbers of the hippies were protesting after the post war period, because their parents were very traditional and conventional. This fuelled the youth’s revolt against the typical, selfish and violent society. How the group expressed their views The 1960’s presented Hippies with

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    Everything from their expressive artistic natures to the way they travelled screams of their laid back attitude. Hippies loved to travel light and were commonly found hitchhiking or sticking their thumbs out for transportation, however the Volkswagen bus was seen as well.3 They were never worried about how much money they had or where they would lay their head next. Often, hippies would open their living spaces to anyone travelling through. Because of their nonjudgmental lifestyle, freedom of

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    which ideals would later be adapted into the Buddhist belief. The caste system is a social hierarchy or a way of separating people in terms of the social/economical class in which they were born. During lecture these ascetics were compared to the “hippies” of counterculture movement or like the hipsters of today’s era, people who go against the grain or societal norms to fulfill some type of personal development/enlightenment/pleasure. The main difference between the traditional ascetics

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    only America but around the world, hippies completely changed the way we think about the world and altered our perception of societal norms. The word hippie is derived from the word “hipster” which in the 1950’s meant “hip” or up-to-date. Most believe believe the only places hippies were influential or successful had to do with drugs or the Vietnam War, but that’s false. Hippies had influence in many areas, including fashion, gay rights, and women’s rights. Hippies have forever changed the fashion

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    the 1960’s, the rebellion was given a collective charge when young adults voiced displeasure over the country’s entrance into the Vietnam War and the use of nuclear weapons. One group within this movement was coined the “hippies”. This paper will discuss the beliefs of the hippies of Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco, California and illustrate how the hippie “counterculture” transformed into an evolution of music, in the making of protest songs and the new “psychedelic” sound. It will

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    punk! I'm an American, not some dope-smoking flower child who's nothing but a coward.” (act 1, scene 2). This line expresses the anger from the soldier has for people, like the hippie, not being brave enough to stand up and fight for America. The hippies believing everyone should be peaceful with one and never have any problems with the rest of the world is something that isn’t realistic to the soldier, and that’s why he was angry- you have to fight of it and stand your ground. Now, in Act two the

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    “Love not war” was a phrase often used by the early hippies. The hippies in the 1960’s were rebelling against government and war, caused by the social unrest that they felt, which ultimately helped create a looser style of living for the modern day Americans. The reason that hippies came to be in this time of age is because society was very strict and many people didn’t support the government. The effects that the hippies had on present day American culture is substantial. They changed the way people

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