A View of How the Counter Culture Movement. - GradesFixer.
The Freikoerperkultur (FKK), or Free Body Culture, is the German idea that naked is quite simply the way to be, and it dates all the way back to the late-19th century. As the wheels of industrialization plowed across Europe and freaked everyone out by replacing forests with pollution, many reformers in Germany responded to the increased urbanization with a marked decrease in clothing.
Hippie, member of a countercultural movement during the 1960s and ’70s that rejected the mores of mainstream American life. The movement originated on college campuses in the United States, although it spread to other countries. Read here to learn more about the lifestyle and beliefs of hippies.
The counter cultural movement started on the background of Vietnam War. It was a post-war generation as a result of baby boom. The young people were frustrated due to racism, gender issues, consumerism, and the conservative nature of society in general.
I’ve been asking myself the same question. What’s wrong with the new generation not wanting to disrupt the status quo? I’m just 35 but pretty much a child of counter-culture. Rave culture, Anti-capitalist anti-fascist, punk, goth, industrial metal.
Relational-Cultural Theory (RCT) developed alongside the rising feminist movement in psychology in the 1970s. The development of the theory can be credited to the collaborative efforts of a group of women psychologists working at the Stone Center at Wellesley College including Jean Baker Miller, Judith V. Jordan, Janet Surrey, and Irene Stiver.
Culture is the way of thinking, the ways of acting, and the material objects that together forms people’s way of life. (Macionis 38) Whenever people switch life styles and different way of living they tend to experience culture shock.
People’s cultural perspectives can be influenced by a range of factors, including ethnicity and place of origin, education, religion, values, gender, age, family and social status.
