The hippies

The hippies were one of most important groups originated against cultural injustices. This group was born in the 60`s in the U.S.A.
They listen to psychodelic rock and folk, they ageed to the sexual revolution and they believe in free love.Some hippies participed in radical activism and they consumed drugs, for example, marijana, LSD, and others hallucinogenic with the intention of reaching upset conditions of the conscience. For their rejection to the consumerism they used to choose the voluntary simplicity for hedonistic, spiritual, religious, artistic, political, or environmental motivations.

The hippies are seeking place of autonomy with respect to the customs of hegemonic society. The movement itself has no ideological/political specifically defined or a homogeneous or stable organization, but generally tends to ideas and way of life with sloping trend to liberarian socialism and environmentalism. Many of the hipies were relatively apolitical or politically but syncretic, argued the importance to respect the free expression of subjectivity and creativity. There are several group within this large group who are the hippies: some of this hippies centralizing in their Bohemia lifestyle. Others had a strong tendency for spirituality. And finally, some centralized in radical environmentalism and activism. In general, they had a tendency to adopt a communal way of life based on love and peace. They want to live life intensely.

The hippies icon is usually a man with long hair and beard considerably longer than what in considered at the time. Women do not carry bras and do not shaves armpits or leg. In general, they wear showy clothes with intense colours. They would influence the feminism of later decades but there were still more transcendent values suck as free love, which argued for the right to pleasure, avoiding the restrictions of the nuclear family and the state. Also the hippies opened a pathway for tolerance and respect to homosexuality and race relations. For the two, they have long hair and show their actitude against the system. It is common of hippies getting to a place and surprise: those with more conventional style and forms either individually or in groups. This is sometimes planned and sometimes not. The hippies philosophy han an important impact on cultural influence in the music, film, literature and art. Also some hippies values such as tolerance and celebration of cultural and ethinic diveresity have been widely accepted even by mainstream socity.

In conclusion, the hippies are one of the most important groups of the world in the last century, they marked a trend in our society. This tribe pracrically extinguished but their ideas even remain in the world. Despite many comments on the hippies , it was a group that always looked for a good society, world, peace,and love.