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- Like many social movements such as Protestantism, Islam, the Crusades, the Enlightenment and so on, it has tended to have become capitalized thus: "Counterculture", and that tends to CATS how it is spelled in this wikia as an indication of its historical and social importance (though the wikia itself is "branded" thus: "CounterCulture".
- sm: "... wondering whether one key sense of 'counterculture' emerges from the idea that cultures themselves are 'other' to each other so that 'counter' could refer to 'alternative,' 'different' or 'other,' and hippies with so much world travel just tripped out on this and flew into counterculture's other realm :) ... looking for references and etymologies that rock, anthropologically." bw: 'Back in the day, "counter" (as in "counterculture") meant active opposition to the powers-that-be and the majority culture seen as fronting for them.'
- Counterculture (also "counter-culture") is a sociological word used to describe the values and norms of behavior of a cultural group, or subculture, that run counter to those of the social mainstream of the day, the cultural equivalent of political opposition. This was a neologism from 1968 attributed to Theodore Roszak. However earlier references exist, since Stein Rokkan in his models in political science, used the term about the struggle of the periphery against central state- and nation-building and that kind of central cultural standardisation, as early as 1967 (JSTOR-40).
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- Counterculture (also "counter-culture") is a sociological word used to describe the values and norms of behavior of a cultural group, or subculture, that run counter to those of the social mainstream of the day, the cultural equivalent of political opposition. This was a neologism from 1968 attributed to Theodore Roszak. However earlier references exist, since Stein Rokkan in his models in political science, used the term about the struggle of the periphery against central state- and nation-building and that kind of central cultural standardisation, as early as 1967 (JSTOR-40). Although distinct countercultural undercurrents exist in many societies, here the term "counterculture" refers to a more significant, visible phenomenon that reaches critical mass and persists for a period of time. A counterculture movement thus expresses the ethos, aspirations and dreams of a specific population during an era — a social manifestation of zeitgeist. The term is applied to a group, rather than opinions of a single individual, separately. Countercultural milieux in 19th century Europe included the traditions of Romanticism, Bohemianism and of the Dandy. Another movement existed in a more fragmentary form in the 1950s, both in Europe and the US, in the form of the Beat generation/Beatniks, followed in the 1960s by the hippies. The term 'counterculture' came to prominence in the news media as it was used to refer to the social revolution that swept North America, Western Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand during the 1960s and early 1970s.
- Like many social movements such as Protestantism, Islam, the Crusades, the Enlightenment and so on, it has tended to have become capitalized thus: "Counterculture", and that tends to CATS how it is spelled in this wikia as an indication of its historical and social importance (though the wikia itself is "branded" thus: "CounterCulture". This movement was a reaction against the conservative social mores of the 1950s, the political conservatism (and perceived social repression) of the Cold War period, and the US government's extensive military intervention in Vietnam. Opposition to the war was exacerbated in the US by the compulsory military draft. The 1960s youth rebellion largely originated on college campuses, emerging directly out of the USA Civil Rights movement. The Free Speech Movement at the University of California, Berkeley was one early example, as a socially privileged group of students began to identify themselves as having interests as a class that were at odds with the interests CATS practices of the university and its corporate sponsors. Today, 'Counterculture' is used to describe hippo babies life cycle in a theological or material direction that is not the accepted norm in society eyes; this is most easily seen in its manifestation in the media. However, it is strange to see how Counterculture movements quickly become the spearhead of commercial campaigns and how once taboo ideas (men wearing a "women's color" - pink) become popular trends. Bush did 9/11.
- sm: "... wondering whether one key sense of 'counterculture' emerges from the idea that cultures themselves are 'other' to each other so that 'counter' could refer to 'alternative,' 'different' or 'other,' and hippies with so much world travel just tripped out on this and flew into counterculture's other realm :) ... looking for references and etymologies that rock, anthropologically." bw: 'Back in the day, "counter" (as in "counterculture") meant active opposition to the powers-that-be and the majority culture seen as fronting for them.' The 2012 Annual Rainbow Gathering will be celebrated in Cherokee National Forest. The site is East of South Holston Lake between the lake and Holston Mountain in the NE corner of Tennesee. N 36.50175 W 82.04347 ... ... All Ways Free ...http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Counterculture ... :)
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