Following the slogan "Love, Peace, Freedom" the youth counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s set out to change society. Lifestyle and dress habits were one aspect of this revolt and shaped the iconic image of the hippie, swaying to psychedelic beats and floral patterns. In the postwar decades, this movement actually finds its starting point in the United States, but the historical origins of the alternative movement lie in the heart of Europe. From Munich's "Kohlrabi Apostle" Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach to the reformist settlement community on Monte Verità to the Wandervögel forming further north and the youth alliances overshadowed by Nazi ideology – the "Bürgerschreck" with its flower-wreathed hair and Jesus slippers springs from the historical mood of upheaval arising around 1900.
This event is part of the series "Lecture Series: Flower Power – Lifestyles and Everyday Culture in Transition".
Venue
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz Campus
Lecture hall M 118
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
80539 München
Organiser
Tickets
This event is free of charge.
Further information
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Event duration:
16:15 – 17:45
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What language:
German
© Nastasja Dresler
Organiser
Seniorenstudium LMU München
The Senior Studies program is a cross-faculty institution at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University. It offers its listeners its own, changing program of educational events oriented toward the interests of the older generation. In this way, it meets the request for scientific information and encounters with the younger generation.
