Umfang:
Online-Ressource (291 p)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
1280123931
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081313580X
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0813135826
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9781280123931
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9780813135809
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9780813135823
Serie:
The philosophy of popular culture
Inhalt:
The phrase ""beat generation"" -- introduced by Jack Kerouac in 1948 -- characterized the underground, nonconformist youths who gathered in New York City at that time. Together, these writers, artists, and activists created an inimitably American cultural phenomenon that would have a global influence. In their constant search for meaning, the Beats struggled with anxiety, alienation, and their role as the pioneers of the cultural revolution of the 1960s.The Philosophy of the Beats explores the enduring literary, cultural, and philosophical contributions of the Beats in a variety of c
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. The Philosophy and Non-Philosophy of Potato Salad; 2. Laugh of the Revolutionary; 3. Beat U-topos or Taking Utopia on the Road; 4. Being-at-Home; 5. From Self-Alienation to Posthumanism; 6. ""I am not an I""; 7. Tongues Untied; 8. Joanne Kyger ""Descartes and the Splendor Of""; 9. John Clellon Holmes and Existentialism; 10. Wholly Communion; 11. High Off the Page; 12. Genius All the TIme; 13. Spontaneity, Immediacy, and Difference; 14. Two Ways of Enduring the Flames; 15. Anarchism and the Beats; 16. Between Social Ecology and Deep Ecology
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17. William Burroughs as PhilosopherContributors; Index; Series page
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1280123087
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Philosophy of the Beats
Sprache:
Englisch
Mehr zum Autor:
Elkholy, Sharin N.
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