A hippie or hippy is a member of a specific subgroup of the
counterculture that began in the United States during the early
1960s, spread to other countries, and declined in the mid-1970s.[1]
Hippies, along with the New Left and the American Civil Rights
Movement, are considered the three dissenting groups of the
American 1960s counterculture.[2]
Originally, hippies were part of a youth movement composed mostly
of white teenagers and young adults, between the ages of 15 and 25
years old, who inherited a tradition of cultural dissent from the
Bohemians and the beatniks.[3][4] Hippies rejected established
institutions, criticized middle class values, opposed nuclear
weapons (especially in the United Kingdom), opposed the Vietnam War
(especially in the U.S.), embraced aspects of non-Judeo-Christian
religions, championed sexual liberation, promoted the use of
psychedelic drugs to expand one's consciousness, and created
intentional communities. Hippies opposed political and social
orthodoxy, choosing a gentle and nondoctrinaire ideology that
favored peace, love, and personal freedom, perhaps best epitomized
by The Beatles' song, All You Need is Love.[5][6] They perceived
the dominant culture as a corrupt, monolithic entity that exercised
undue power over their lives, calling this culture "The
Establishment", "Big Brother", or "The Man".[7][8] Noting that they
were "seekers of meaning and value," some described hippies as a
new religious movement.[9]
After 1965, the hippie ethos influenced the The Beatles and others
in the United Kingdom and Europe, and they in turn influenced their
American counterparts.[10][11][12] [13] By 1968, self-described
hippies had become a significant minority, representing just under
0.2 percent of the U.S. population.[14] Hippie culture spread
worldwide through a fusion of rock music, folk, blues, and
psychedelic rock; it also found expression in literature, the
dramatic arts, and the visual arts, including film, posters
advertising rock concerts, and album covers.[15][16] [17] [18][19]
Eventually the hippie movement extended far beyond the United
States, the United Kingdom and Europe, appearing in Australia, New
Zealand, Japan, Mexico, Brazil and many other countries.[20] [21]
[22] [23].
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A monk is a person who practices religious asceticism, the
conditioning of mind and body in favor of the spirit. The concept
is ancient and can be seen in many religions.
The term monk comes from the Greek monachos (ìïíá÷üò), commonly
translated as solitary, one living alone. In the Greek language,
the term can apply to men or women, but in English, it usually
applies only to men, while nun is more commonly used to refer to
female monastics. Other terms such as hesychast, solitary, hermit,
anchorite, ascetic are usually interchangeable with monk. Although
ascetics existed in various religions prior to Christianity, the
term monk is of Christian invention.
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