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The Sixties- Mainstream Culture and Counter-culture
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TMA 08: The Sixties- Mainstream Culture and Counter-culture. In this essay I am going to examine Arthur Marwick's argument that the sixties were characterised by counter-cultural movements across a number of areas. I will consider the extent to which counter-cultural movements can be identified, see what impact they do or do not have or have not on mainstream culture and see if there is any evidence to support Marwick's view. The areas I am going to use to analyse his argument are history of science and religion. In this essay the 1960s will include the periodisation of developments and movements of Britain, France, Italy and America between 1958 and 1973. So how can counter-cultural movements be identified? To be able to identify a counter-culture we must first define what we mean by 'culture' and define what 'mainstream' culture is. Marwick describes 'culture' as a totality of attitudes, values and practices of a...
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