The making of a counter culture : reflections on the technocratic society and its youthful opposition

Roszak, Theodore

ISBN 10: 057109676X / ISBN 13: 9780571096763

Published by London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1970

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Roszak, Theodore. The making of a counter culture : reflections on the technocratic society and its youthful opposition. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1970. Faber Paper Covered Editions. Paperback, Good. Card covers with light shelfwear and a little age-discolouration to the white background. Binding strong. Ownership signature. xiv, 303pp. Contents clean and bright. Theodore Roszak (November 15, 1933 July 5, 2011) was an American academic and novelist who concluded his academic career as Professor Emeritus of history at California State University, East Bay. He is best known for this 1969 text The Making of a Counter Culture. The book chronicled and gave explanation to the European and North American counterculture of the 1960s. The term "counterculture" was first used by Roszak in this book. The Making of a Counter Culture captured a huge audience of Vietnam War protesters, dropouts, and rebels--and their baffled elders. Theodore Roszak found common ground between 1960s student radicals and hippie dropouts in their mutual rejection of what he calls the technocracy--the regime of corporate and technological expertise that dominates industrial society. RightWayUp Books aims to provide accurate and detailed descriptions. All images are of the actual book for sale - no stock images are ever used. Thank you for looking at this listing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The making of a counter culture : reflections on the technocratic society and its youthful opposition
• Publisher: London: Faber and Faber Limited
• Publication Date: 1970
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 057109676X
• ISBN 13: 9780571096763
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Media and culture
  • Sociology

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Synopsis

The original edition of this text found common ground between student radicals and hippie dropouts in their mutual rejection of technocracy -- the regime of corporate and technological expertise that dominates industrial society. The book traces the intellectual underpinnings of the two groups in the writings of Herbert Marcuse and Norman O. Brown, Allan Ginsberg and Paul Goodman.

From the Back Cover

In this book, the author traces the intellectual underpinnings of the 1960s student radicals and hippie dropouts in the writings of Herbert Marcuse and Norman O. Brown, Allen Ginsberg and Paul Goodman. In a new introduction, Roszak reflects on how the counter culture has evolved in the twenty-five years since he coined the term 'technocracy.'