The Sociological Impacts Of The Hippie Movement

Madisyn Heiser-Elsea

Mr. Carolla

Sociology

03/11/2023

The Sociological Impacts of Hippies

Thinking back to the 1960s, you think of one thing… Hippies. Hippies are known for their bright colors and unique lifestyles but they are also known for the Hippie Movement. The hippie movement was huge during the 1960s to the end of the 1970s. The movement paves ways for a lot of sociological changes. The hippie movement was the start of something that our society needed at the time and allowed there to be change but in a unique way. The Hippie Movement served significance to the world and sociology as a whole.

The Hippie movement began as a youth movement in the United States and developed around the world from 1960 through the 1970s. The movement was led by Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac. The movement reflected on social values and experimentation because of the social norm. Their ideas included all things political,

Hippies valued free love, promoted flowers, and cautioned against trusting people who weren't young. But, they strayed away from money, materialism, politics, and other mainstream values of society at the time. This created a long-lasting social change. A good example of a particular subculture was the hippie subculture. Hippies connected to the definition of a subculture because this group rejected the political and sociological views of that time and protested against the US government which was never seen before. Finally, Hippies were generally disconnected from the culture that developed after the war had begun, straying away from American society. Hippies implementing their values, rejecting social norms, and practicing with larger society but also integrating their styles allowed them to be considered as a counterculture. So as a whole, the hippie movement had a huge impact on sociological society and culture