tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719380254523669458.post5069950428300194518..comments2024-02-07T10:24:50.882+00:00Comments on The Modern Historian: So, what is counter culture anyway?Borkimanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09334367163579800571noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719380254523669458.post-49572829629448931022008-05-21T23:37:00.000+01:002008-05-21T23:37:00.000+01:00Ian Absolutely. Savage's book was just the first t...Ian <BR/><BR/>Absolutely. Savage's book was just the first that sprang to mind. I have seen books on skinheads, ravers and goths on the Cultural Studies shelves in the library at my university.<BR/><BR/>If I remember, I will browse through the books there to see if there is something along the lines of Roszak's work.Borkimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334367163579800571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719380254523669458.post-59418469118946761922008-05-21T20:46:00.000+01:002008-05-21T20:46:00.000+01:00I've seen some good works that analyze the punk-ro...I've seen some good works that analyze the punk-rock scene like Steve Blush's <I>American Hardcore: A Tribal History</I> which is something of an oral history-- that certainly shows how a scene developed and operated independently of the commercial music world-- and also Mark Andersen's and Mark Jenkin's <I>Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital</I> which discusses quite in depth the interface between politics and music in Washington, D.C. but neither quite go onto the level of analysis we see in Roszak's work (which is indebted heavily to the thought of the Frankfort School.) Anderson & Jenkins come closer than Blush does, but ultimately they are all writing for fans of the music.<BR/><BR/>Of course, punk music isn't the only counter-cultural phenomenon that came after Roszak's book.Ian Thalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15348768867561450314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719380254523669458.post-11225589031303001682008-05-21T18:25:00.000+01:002008-05-21T18:25:00.000+01:00Ian I don't know about general surveys but there h...Ian <BR/><BR/>I don't know about general surveys but there have been analyses of various specific subcultures of the 70s and 80s like Jon Savage's seminal <I>England's Dreaming</I> about the punk rock scene.<BR/><BR/>If you do find any general works on the subject please feel free to share them with the readers here by adding a comment.<BR/><BR/>Thanks<BR/>KBorkimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09334367163579800571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719380254523669458.post-59989970588746353842008-05-19T16:50:00.000+01:002008-05-19T16:50:00.000+01:00I found Roszak's work fascinating when I came upon...I found Roszak's work fascinating when I came upon it on recommendation by an older friend. Did anyone ever do anything resembling a follow-up of similar depth of analysis on the counter-culture of the 1970s and '80s?Ian Thalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15348768867561450314noreply@blogger.com