California Journal (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781845192754)

In 1969, California is not just the new Eldorado: it is the crucible where civilisation is accelerating, self-destructs, and is reborn. It's the probe of Spaceship Earth. The hippy phenomenon, communes, the ecological movement, great collective ceremonies like park-ins and rock concerts, the flourishing of sects ranging from mystics to Marxists, the experience of 'weed' and 'acid', are temporary images and elements of a search for a new truth, a new religion, a new society. Long before it became fashionable for European intellectuals to write about their voyages to the United States, Edgar Morin, one of France's leading intellectual figures and at that time known as a path-breaking and innovative sociologist and researcher of popular culture, recounts the story of his experiences in the cauldron of change that was California, including his encounters with some of the leading minds of that time. The book combines Morin's accounts of his experiences with his own search for answers to fundamental quest

Author: Morin
ISBN-10: 1845192753
ISBN-13: 9781845192754
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/30/2008
Pages: 162
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 84