1968: Radical Chic and Revolution...

1968: Radical Chic and Revolution as Rhetoric

Music and Global Politics by Adam J Sacks
S1 · E5
Apr 18, 2024
28:26

Episode notes

This episode focuses on the seminal year 1968, year of the Prague Spring and the French General Strike. Examining the philosophies of new intentional living communities or communes, we examine how pop music of the time attempted to intervene in the revolution spirit of the day. We pose the question whether the audacious psychedelic sounds may ultimately prove more revolutionary than any rhetoric of radical chic.

Keywords

Beatles
1968
Psychedelic
Radical Chic
Revolution
Communes
Provos
Berlin
Amsterdam
London
Rolling Stones