European counterculture
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European counterculture connects with European avant-garde and European underground.
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1960s
The 1960s counterculture movement took hold in Western Europe, with London, Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin and Rome rivaling San Francisco and New York as counterculture centers. One manifestation of this was the general strike that took place in Paris in May 1968, which nearly toppled the French government.
In Central Europe, young people adopted the song "San Francisco" as an anthem for freedom, and it was widely played during Czechoslovakia's 1968 "Prague Spring," a premature attempt to break away from Soviet repression.
As this newly emergent youth class began to criticize the established social order, new theories about cultural and personal identity began to spread, and traditional non-Western ideas – particularly with regard to religion, social organization and spiritual enlightenment – were more frequently embraced.
By region
Belgium
France
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Germany
See also: Germany
Poland
See also: Poland
The Netherlands
Great Britain
Guy Fawkes, Hellfire club, Eros in England, Censorship in the United Kingdom, UK Underground, British avant-garde
Sweden
Switzerland
See Swiss Brethren, Cabaret Voltaire, Dada
See also
- May 68
- European culture
- North American counterculture
- Counterculture of the 1960s
- Counterculture by region
Reference
- European counterculture "European counterculture"