Book contents
- The Aging of Aquarius
- The Aging of Aquarius
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 The Hippies
- Chapter 3 The Farm
- Chapter 4 Once a Hippie, Always a Hippie
- Chapter 5 Still Changing the World
- Chapter 6 Sex, Drugs, and Rock-n-Roll?
- Chapter 7 The Aging of the New Agers
- Chapter 8 Lifelong Community
- Chapter 9 Alternative End of Life
- Chapter 10 Aging Differently
- Book part
- Notes
- References
- Index
Chapter 5 - Still Changing the World
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 December 2022
- The Aging of Aquarius
- The Aging of Aquarius
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 The Hippies
- Chapter 3 The Farm
- Chapter 4 Once a Hippie, Always a Hippie
- Chapter 5 Still Changing the World
- Chapter 6 Sex, Drugs, and Rock-n-Roll?
- Chapter 7 The Aging of the New Agers
- Chapter 8 Lifelong Community
- Chapter 9 Alternative End of Life
- Chapter 10 Aging Differently
- Book part
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 5 focuses on the hippies’ ambition to change the world. Relying on the concept of generativity, namely, the concern to guarantee the wellbeing of future generations, this chapter differentiates between the hippies as a collective, The Farm as a distinct community, and the individual level. Referring to past and current activities, the findings presented in this chapter suggest that the aspiration to change the world, the behavior it yields, and the appraisal of its consequences offer a significant source of meaning and satisfaction among aging hippies.
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- The Aging of AquariusThe Hippies of the 60s in Their 60s and Beyond, pp. 94 - 125Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022