Sunday, 12 April 2015
Hippie Context
What is Hippie
Hippe: One who is aware. They believe in anti-war and try to lead a sustainable and alternative lifestyle away from capitalist society.
Hippies aimed to live under loving compassion, personal freedom and peace. They thought all mainstream lifestyle in society was too conformative and bound by the establishd power.
They rejected the social structure of society and the social values of the middle class.
Often, Hippies were environmentally friendly, vegetarian and used drugs to experience a different consciousness. Hippie Philosophy supports spiritual teachings such as the Buddha,
Places that Hippie culture influenced were UK, Europe, Canada Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and Japan.
They believe in sexual freedom, they considered as sex outside marriage the use of contraception, homosexual relationships and abortion rights as being social acceptable.
Origins of Hippie
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