Bad Trip
James Riley
The Sixties, for many, was a time of new ideas, freedom, and renewed hope - from the civil rights movement to Woodstock.
But it all seemed to implode towards the end of 1969 and early 1970 amidst the Manson murders, the Zodiac Killer, and the tragic events of the Rolling Stones' concert at Altamont. With that, the hippie dream died - or so the story goes.
In The Bad Trip, James Riley explores the dark side of the counterculture, arguing that a seam of apocalyptic thinking lay just beneath the decade's psychedelic utopianism all along. This is a magical mystery tour, exploring our concept of 'the Sixties' as substantially different from the reality of that period.
ISBN: 9781785785948
Author: Riley, James
Publication date: 18/08/2020
Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Dimension: 198mm X 129mm
But it all seemed to implode towards the end of 1969 and early 1970 amidst the Manson murders, the Zodiac Killer, and the tragic events of the Rolling Stones' concert at Altamont. With that, the hippie dream died - or so the story goes.
In The Bad Trip, James Riley explores the dark side of the counterculture, arguing that a seam of apocalyptic thinking lay just beneath the decade's psychedelic utopianism all along. This is a magical mystery tour, exploring our concept of 'the Sixties' as substantially different from the reality of that period.
ISBN: 9781785785948
Author: Riley, James
Publication date: 18/08/2020
Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Dimension: 198mm X 129mm