The concept of “counterculture”:the attitudes and life styles of many young people who rejected conventional social values and demanded more personal freedom2
CountriesU
, Britain, France, other western countries3
Time:from the 1960s to the late 1970sThe word “counterculture” was coined in the 1960s for the attitudes and life styles of many young people who rejected conventional social values and demanded more personal freedom
The counterculture first arose in the U
during the 1960s and soon spread to Britain, France and other western countries
These young people were opposed to the Vietnam War and dissatisfied with the existing state of affairs in their society
Yet, unable to find a more constructive way of struggling against these, they indulged themselves in sex, drugs, alcoho