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Hippie subculture

Subculture - denoting a part of the culture of society that differs in its behavior from the prevailing majority, as well as social groups carriers of this culture. A subculture may differ from the dominant culture in its own value system, language, behavior, clothing and other aspects. There are subcultures that are formed on national, demographic, professional, geographical and other bases. In particular, subcultures are formed ethnic communities, differing in their dialect from the language norm. Another well-known example is youth subcultures.

Hippies are a specific subculture that emerged in the United States in the early sixties of the twentieth century. Having appeared, it quickly spread throughout all countries of the world, and by the mid-seventies it had practically disappeared. In the original, hippies were part of a youth movement made up mostly of teenagers and fairly "young adults" between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five, who inherited the cultural rebellion of the bohemians and beatniks. Hippies disdain established concepts, criticize middle-class values, and act as radical opposition to the use of nuclear weapons, the Vietnam War. They became popular and illuminated aspects of religions other than Judaism and Christianity that were practically unknown at that time. Hippies literally pushed through the sexual revolution; they encouraged the use of psychedelic drugs in order to expand human consciousness (Initially, the hallucinogen LSD was used as a drug to treat mental illness. Because many psychologists of that time believed that when working with a patient under the influence of this drug, they were working directly with the subconscious. There is enough There are many successful cases of treatment described in the medical literature. During the heyday of the hippies, LSD was not considered a drug and was freely available in the United States. As a result, many young people, based on it. scientific works doctors, began to get involved in “self-correction” of their own consciousness). Hippies created unique communes where their values ​​were cultivated. subculture hippie ideology society

Appearance, dress code

Regardless of gender - long hair combed in the middle, a special ribbon around the head ("hair" from the English. Hair - hair), on the hands - "baubles", i.e. homemade bracelets or beads, most often made of beads, wood or leather, often a disproportionately large knitted sweater, decorated with beads or embroidery, a denim pouch around the neck for storing money and documents ("xivnik": from ksiv - document, thieves' jargon), color of clothing mostly light (experienced hippies never wear black), but not flashy. The latest generation of hippies is distinguished by such attributes as a backpack and three or four rings in the ears, less often in the nose (piercing).

Musical style

Musical culture hippie was a mixture of rock, folk, blues and psychedelic rock. This culture is also reflected in literature, drama and fine arts, including films, rock concert posters and album covers. Among Western music, hippies prefer psychedelic rock and love the group “Doors”.

Language, jargon

A large number of English borrowings, such as "bolt" - bottle, "vine" - wine, "flat" - apartment, "hair" - hair, "people" - people (common addresses: "man", "people"), " ringstick" - Notebook(from the English Ring - call). In addition, the frequent use of diminutive suffixes and words that have no analogues in literary language to denote specific concepts characteristic only of hippies (for example, the already mentioned “bauble”, “xivnik”, etc.).

Entertainment

Among alcoholic drinks, hippies prefer wines and ports. Frequent use of drugs (usually mild) has been noted. Part of the hippie ideology is " free love" - with all the ensuing consequences. Hippies are not warlike, they are, as a rule, pacifists. One of the first was the slogan “Make love, not war.” (Make love, not war). Ideology: the hippies themselves often express it with the words “Peace , friendship, chewing gum." Disregard for material values, such as money and expensive things, was typical; sincere indignation of hippies was observed when someone tried to buy expensive things instead of cheap ones. Eastern religions and teachings are popular.

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Which was formed around them. Hippie culture in the 1960s developed from the beat culture of the 1950s, paralleling the development of rock and roll from jazz. One of the most advanced and famous hippie communities was the Merry Pranksters, which Tom Wolfe writes about in his book The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.

The beginning of the hippie movement can be considered 1965 in the USA. The main principle of the subculture was non-violence (ahimsa). Hippies wore long hair, listened to rock and roll (especially “I’ve Got You Babe” by Sonny and Cher), lived in communes (the most famous now communes were in the Haight-Ashbury area of ​​San Francisco, later in Denmark - Free City of Christiania), hitchhiked, were interested in meditation and Eastern mysticism and religions, mainly Zen Buddhism, Hinduism and Taoism, many of them were vegetarians. There was also the “Jesus movement” and “Jesus Revolution” (the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar). Because hippies often wore flowers in their hair, gave flowers to passers-by, inserted them into the gun muzzles of police officers and soldiers, and used the slogan “Flower Power,” they became known as “flower children.”

Despite the decline of the hippie movement on a global scale, its representatives can still be found in many countries around the world. Some hippie ideas, which seemed utopian to conservative people in the 1970s, have entered the mentality of modern people.

Hippie symbolism

An example is the so-called baubles. These decorations have complex symbolism. Baubles of different colors and different patterns indicate different wishes, expressions of one’s own musical preferences, life position etc. So, a black and yellow striped bauble means a wish for good hitchhiking, and a red and yellow one means a declaration of love. It should be noted, however, that this symbolism is interpreted arbitrarily and completely differently in different places and parties, and “experienced hippies” do not attach any significance to it. Common texts like “Meanings of colors in baubles” are considered the lot of so-called “pioneers” (that is, beginners) and among experienced people, as a rule, cause an ironic reaction. Jeans became the signature clothing of hippies.

Russian researcher of youth movements T. B. Shchepanskaya found that “systemic” symbolism resembles a hologram - even from a small part of it, like from a seed, the entire wealth of informal culture grows.

Hippie slogans of the 60s

• "Make love, not war" ( "Make love Not War!".)
• "Off The Pig!" (“Turn off the pig!”) (a play on words - “pig” was the name for the M60 machine gun, an important attribute and symbol of the Vietnam War)
• "Give Peace A Chance" (John Lennon song title)
• "Hell No, We Won't Go!" (“There’s no way in hell we’re leaving!”)
• "All You Need Is Love!" (“All you need is love!”) (title of The Beatles song)

Communes

Hippie communes - main form their self-organization, where hippies can live in their own way with the support of society and where neighbors are tolerant of them. Usually these are uninhabited and empty houses (unauthorized occupancy, so-called squattering) in cities, or estates in forests far from civilization.
The most famous communes:

• in San Francisco (“People’s Park” and many others, USA)
• Christiania (Denmark)

At the moment, there are hippie communes in Ibiza, Goa, Bali, Morocco, etc. Communities of former hippies, built on the principles of the commune, have survived in the USA, where, in fact, the flower child movement experienced its true heyday. Otherwise, hippies turned to the more traditional practice of squatting and hanging out at the hippie flat or “rainbow club.”

Hippies and drugs

Hippies and politics

If by politics we mean elections, meetings, voting and promotions, then hippies are initially apolitical. Living outside of “civilized” society, in a world based on love, friendship and mutual assistance, hippies prefer to change the world with their creativity, including social creativity.

The idea of ​​a revolution of consciousness in some ways continues the ideas of the backpack revolution of the beatniks - instead of grueling political debates and armed clashes, it is proposed to leave home and society to live among people who adhere to your beliefs.

Modernity

Currently, there are several creative hippie associations in Russia:

• Art group "Friesia" (the oldest in Moscow, artists).
• Creative association "Antilir" (Moscow).
• Association of Musicians “Time Ch” (Moscow).
• “Commune on Prazhskaya”, Moscow (engaged in a network hip house, aka fnb hippie group Magic hat).

Nowadays, parties on the streets do not have the same importance as in old times, and are more of a temporary refuge for very young hippies. In addition, they are highly differentiated and diluted with representatives of other subcultures, including all kinds of goths, emo, bikers, etc. Now life current state subcultures are a circle of close friends, or “informal” cafes/clubs as meeting places. Also of great importance are online communities, in particular LiveJournal (formerly fido-conferences, in particular, the famous fidosh echo Hippy.Talks, visible in the Relcom hierarchy as fido7.hippy.talks). This transfer of the emphasis of hippie culture from street parties to the Internet gave rise to the term cyberhippie.

Festivals

• Podolsk rock festival (USSR, 1987)
• Russian Rainbow (Russia, since 1990)
• Shipot (Ukraine, since 1993)
• Empty Hills (Russia, since 2003)
• Matala Beach Festival (Matala, Crete, Greece, since 1960)

Famous hippies

Foreign

Domestic

• Kolya Vasin, "the first Soviet hippie"
• Alexey Khvostenko (Tail), avant-garde poet, artist, musician, one of the first Soviet hippies.
• Yura Burakov (Sun) - one of the founders of the Moscow “system”
• Anna Gerasimova (Umka), musician
• Yanka Diaghileva, singer, musician
• Egor Letov, musician, public figure
• Yuri Morozov, musician, philosopher
• Evgeny Chicherin, musician
• Sergey Solmi, artist
• Olga Arefieva, musician
• Anastasia Lurie, actress, artist

Movement related

In works of culture

To the cinema

• “Trip” - film directed by Roger Corman (1967)
• "Easy Rider" - film directed by Dennis Hopper (1969)
• “Zabriskie Point” - film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni (1970)
• “Hair” - film directed by Milos Forman (1979)
• “We” is a documentary series from 1989, in one of the episodes we are talking about Soviet hippies.
• "Weird Guy" - a film by comedian Tommy Chong (1990)
• “Beverly Hills, 90210” - episode 25 of season 4 (1994) was dedicated to memories of the hippie festival in 1969
• “Hippiniada, or the Continent of Love” - film directed by Andrei Benkendorf (1997)
• “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” - film directed by Terry Gilliam (1998)
• "Hippie" - television series (UK, (1999)
• “Together” - film by Swedish director Lukas Moodysson (2000)
• "Across the Universe" - musical film by Julia Taymor (2007)
• “House of the Sun” - film by Garik Sukachev based on the story by Ivan Okhlobystin (2010)
• "The Doors" - a biographical film about Jim Morrison (lead singer of The Doors) by Oliver Stone (1991).
• “Young Hearts” (“Love and Honor”) - film directed by Danny Mooney (2012)

In music

In literature

• “Burdened with Evil, or Forty Years Later” - non-fiction novel by the Strugatsky brothers (, critical view)
• Inherent Vice - novel by Thomas Pynchon (2009)
• “They left home. Diary of a Hippie" - book by Gennady Avramenko (2010)

see also

• A. Madison
• (“New hippies” in the US community are taught to live on $103 a month and share their wives) // Lenta.ru, August 27, 2015

• (gallery) (unavailable link since 09/05/2015 (1274 days))

Notes

Excerpt characterizing Hippie

When Anna Mikhailovna left with her son to visit Count Kirill Vladimirovich Bezukhy, Countess Rostova sat alone for a long time, putting a handkerchief to her eyes. Finally, she called.
“What are you talking about, dear,” she said angrily to the girl, who made herself wait for several minutes. – Don’t you want to serve, or what? So I'll find a place for you.
The Countess was upset by the grief and humiliating poverty of her friend and therefore was out of sorts, which she always expressed by calling the maid “dear” and “you.”
“It’s your fault,” said the maid.
- Ask the Count to come to me.
The Count, waddled, approached his wife with a somewhat guilty look, as always.
- Well, countess! What a saute au madere [sauté in Madeira] will be from hazel grouse, ma chere! I tried; It’s not for nothing that I gave a thousand rubles for Taraska. Costs!
He sat down next to his wife, resting his arms bravely on his knees and ruffling his gray hair.
- What do you order, Countess?
- So, my friend, what is it that you have dirty here? - she said, pointing to the vest. “It’s sote, that’s right,” she added, smiling. - That's it, Count: I need money.
Her face became sad.
- Oh, Countess!...
And the count began to fuss, taking out his wallet.
“I need a lot, Count, I need five hundred rubles.”
And she, taking out a cambric handkerchief, rubbed her husband’s vest with it.
- Now. Hey, who's there? - he shouted in a voice that only people shout when they are sure that those they are calling will rush headlong to their call. - Send Mitenka to me!
Mitenka, that noble son raised by the count, who was now in charge of all his affairs, entered the room with quiet steps.
“That’s it, my dear,” said the count to the respectful young man who entered. “Bring me…” he thought. - Yes, 700 rubles, yes. But look, don’t bring anything torn and dirty like that time, but good ones for the countess.
“Yes, Mitenka, please, keep them clean,” said the countess, sighing sadly.
- Your Excellency, when will you order it to be delivered? - said Mitenka. “If you please know that... However, please don’t worry,” he added, noticing how the count had already begun to breathe heavily and quickly, which was always a sign of beginning anger. - I forgot... Will you order it to be delivered this minute?
- Yes, yes, then, bring it. Give it to the Countess.
“This Mitenka is such gold,” the count added, smiling, when the young man left. - No, it’s not possible. I can't stand this. Everything is possible.
- Oh, money, count, money, how much grief it causes in the world! - said the countess. - And I really need this money.
“You, countess, are a well-known reel,” said the count and, kissing his wife’s hand, he went back into the office.
When Anna Mikhailovna returned again from Bezukhoy, the countess already had money, all in brand new pieces of paper, under a scarf on the table, and Anna Mikhailovna noticed that the countess was disturbed by something.
- Well, what, my friend? – asked the Countess.
- Oh, what a terrible situation he is in! It is impossible to recognize him, he is so bad, so bad; I stayed for a minute and didn’t say two words...
“Annette, for God’s sake, don’t refuse me,” the countess suddenly said, blushing, which was so strange considering her middle-aged, thin and important face, taking money out from under her scarf.
Anna Mikhailovna instantly understood what was happening, and already bent down to deftly hug the countess at the right moment.
- Here's to Boris from me, to sew a uniform...
Anna Mikhailovna was already hugging her and crying. The Countess cried too. They cried that they were friends; and that they are good; and that they, friends of youth, are busy with such a low subject - money; and that their youth had passed... But the tears of both were pleasant...

Countess Rostova with her daughters and already with a large number guests were sitting in the living room. The Count led the male guests into his office, offering them his hunting collection of Turkish pipes. Occasionally he would go out and ask: has she arrived? They were waiting for Marya Dmitrievna Akhrosimova, nicknamed in society le terrible dragon, [a terrible dragon,] a lady famous not for wealth, not for honors, but for her directness of mind and frank simplicity of manner. Marya Dmitrievna was known by the royal family, all of Moscow and all of St. Petersburg knew her, and both cities, surprised by her, secretly laughed at her rudeness and told jokes about her; nevertheless, everyone without exception respected and feared her.
In the office, full of smoke, there was a conversation about the war, which was declared by the manifesto, about recruitment. No one had read the manifesto yet, but everyone knew about its appearance. The Count was sitting on an ottoman between two neighbors who were smoking and talking. The count himself did not smoke or speak, but tilting his head, now to one side, now to the other, looked with visible pleasure at those smoking and listened to the conversation of his two neighbors, whom he pitted against each other.
One of the speakers was a civilian, with a wrinkled, bilious and shaved thin face, a man already approaching old age, although dressed like the most fashionable young man; he sat with his feet on the ottoman with the air of a domestic man and, throwing amber far into his mouth from the side, impulsively inhaled the smoke and squinted. It was the old bachelor Shinshin, the countess's cousin, an evil tongue, as they said about him in Moscow drawing rooms. He seemed to condescend to his interlocutor. Another, fresh, pink, guards officer, impeccably washed, buttoned up and combed, held amber in the middle of his mouth and lightly pulled out smoke with his pink lips, releasing it in ringlets from his beautiful mouth. This was Lieutenant Berg, an officer of the Semenovsky regiment, with whom Boris rode together in the regiment and with whom Natasha teased Vera, the senior countess, calling Berg her fiancé. The Count sat between them and listened attentively. The most enjoyable activity for the Count, with the exception of the game of Boston, which he loved very much, was the position of listening, especially when he managed to pit two talkative interlocutors against each other.
“Well, of course, father, mon tres honorable [most venerable] Alfons Karlych,” said Shinshin, laughing and combining (which was the peculiarity of his speech) the most popular Russian expressions with refined French phrases. - Vous comptez vous faire des rentes sur l "etat, [You expect to have income from the treasury,] do you want to receive income from the company?
- No, Pyotr Nikolaich, I just want to show that cavalry has much less benefits against infantry. Now figure out, Pyotr Nikolaich, my situation...
Berg always spoke very precisely, calmly and courteously. His conversation always concerned himself alone; he always remained calmly silent while they were talking about something that had nothing directly to do with him. And he could remain silent in this way for several hours without experiencing or causing the slightest confusion in others. But as soon as the conversation concerned him personally, he began to speak at length and with visible pleasure.
- Consider my position, Pyotr Nikolaich: if I were in the cavalry, I would receive no more than two hundred rubles a third, even with the rank of lieutenant; and now I get two hundred and thirty,” he said with a joyful, pleasant smile, looking at Shinshin and the count, as if it was obvious to him that his success would always be main goal the desires of all other people.
“Besides, Pyotr Nikolaich, having joined the guard, I am visible,” Berg continued, “and vacancies in the guards infantry are much more frequent.” Then, figure out for yourself how I could make a living out of two hundred and thirty rubles. “And I’m putting it aside and sending it to my father,” he continued, starting the ring.
“La balance y est... [The balance is established...] A German is threshing a loaf of bread on the butt, comme dit le proverbe, [as the proverb says],” Shinshin said, shifting the amber to the other side of his mouth and winked at the count.
The Count burst out laughing. Other guests, seeing that Shinshin was talking, came up to listen. Berg, not noticing either ridicule or indifference, continued to talk about how, by transferring to the guard, he had already won a rank in front of his comrades in the corps, how in war time a company commander can be killed, and he, remaining senior in the company, can very easily become a company commander, and how everyone in the regiment loves him, and how his daddy is pleased with him. Berg apparently enjoyed telling all this, and did not seem to suspect that other people might also have their own interests. But everything he told was so sweetly sedate, the naivety of his young egoism was so obvious that he disarmed his listeners.
- Well, father, you will be in action in both the infantry and the cavalry; “This is what I predict for you,” said Shinshin, patting him on the shoulder and lowering his legs from the ottoman.
Berg smiled happily. The Count, followed by the guests, went into the living room.

There was that time before a dinner party when the assembled guests do not begin a long conversation in anticipation of the call for appetizers, but at the same time consider it necessary to move and not remain silent in order to show that they are not at all impatient to sit down at the table. The owners glance at the door and occasionally glance at each other. From these glances, guests try to guess who or what else they are waiting for: an important relative who is late, or food that is not yet ripe.
Pierre arrived just before dinner and sat awkwardly in the middle of the living room on the first available chair, blocking everyone's path. The Countess wanted to force him to speak, but he naively looked through his glasses around him, as if looking for someone, and answered all the Countess’s questions in monosyllables. He was shy and alone did not notice it. Most of the guests, who knew his story with the bear, looked curiously at this big, fat and humble man, wondering how such a bumpkin and modest man could do such a thing to a policeman.
-Have you arrived recently? - the countess asked him.
“Oui, madame,” he answered, looking around.
-Have you seen my husband?
- Non, madame. [No, madam.] - He smiled completely inappropriately.
– You, it seems, were recently in Paris? I think it's very interesting.
- Very interesting..
The Countess exchanged glances with Anna Mikhailovna. Anna Mikhailovna realized that she was being asked to occupy this young man, and, sitting down next to him, began to talk about her father; but just like the countess, he answered her only in monosyllables. The guests were all busy with each other. Les Razoumovsky... ca a ete charmant... Vous etes bien bonne... La comtesse Apraksine... [The Razoumovskys... It was amazing... You are very kind... Countess Apraksina...] was heard from all sides. The Countess got up and went into the hall.
- Marya Dmitrievna? – her voice was heard from the hall.
“She’s the one,” a rough female voice was heard in response, and after that Marya Dmitrievna entered the room.
All the young ladies and even the ladies, with the exception of the oldest ones, stood up. Marya Dmitrievna stopped at the door and, from the height of her corpulent body, holding high her fifty-year-old head with gray curls, looked around at the guests and, as if rolling up, slowly straightened the wide sleeves of her dress. Marya Dmitrievna always spoke Russian.
“Dear birthday girl with the children,” she said in her loud, thick voice, suppressing all other sounds. “What, you old sinner,” she turned to the count, who was kissing her hand, “tea, are you bored in Moscow?” Is there anywhere to run the dogs? What should we do, father, this is how these birds will grow up...” She pointed to the girls. - Whether you want it or not, you have to look for suitors.
- Well, what, my Cossack? (Marya Dmitrievna called Natasha a Cossack) - she said, caressing Natasha with her hand, who approached her hand without fear and cheerfully. - I know that the potion is a girl, but I love her.
She took out pear-shaped yakhon earrings from her huge reticule and, giving them to a beaming and blushing Natasha, immediately turned away from her and turned to Pierre.
- Eh, eh! kind! “Come here,” she said in a feignedly quiet and thin voice. - Come on, my dear...
And she menacingly rolled up her sleeves even higher.
Pierre approached, naively looking at her through his glasses.
- Come, come, my dear! I was the only one who told your father the truth when he had a chance, but God commands it to you.
She paused. Everyone was silent, waiting for what would happen, and feeling that there was only a preface.
- Good, nothing to say! good boy!... The father is lying on his bed, and he is amusing himself, putting the policeman on a bear. It's a shame, father, it's a shame! It would be better to go to war.
She turned away and offered her hand to the count, who could hardly restrain himself from laughing.
- Well, come to the table, I have tea, is it time? - said Marya Dmitrievna.
The count walked ahead with Marya Dmitrievna; then the countess, who was led by a hussar colonel, the right person, with whom Nikolai was supposed to catch up with the regiment. Anna Mikhailovna - with Shinshin. Berg shook hands with Vera. A smiling Julie Karagina went with Nikolai to the table. Behind them came other couples, stretching across the entire hall, and behind them, one by one, were children, tutors and governesses. The waiters began to stir, the chairs rattled, music began to play in the choir, and the guests took their seats. The sounds of the count's home music were replaced by the sounds of knives and forks, the chatter of guests, and the quiet steps of waiters.
At one end of the table the countess sat at the head. On the right is Marya Dmitrievna, on the left is Anna Mikhailovna and other guests. At the other end sat the count, on the left the hussar colonel, on the right Shinshin and other male guests. On one side of the long table are older young people: Vera next to Berg, Pierre next to Boris; on the other hand - children, tutors and governesses. From behind the crystal, bottles and vases of fruit, the Count looked at his wife and her tall cap with blue ribbons and diligently poured wine for his neighbors, not forgetting himself. The countess also, from behind the pineapples, not forgetting her duties as a housewife, cast significant glances at her husband, whose bald head and face, it seemed to her, were sharper in their redness than gray hair. There was a steady babble on the ladies' end; in the men's room, voices were heard louder and louder, especially the hussar colonel, who ate and drank so much, blushing more and more, that the count was already setting him up as an example to the other guests. Berg, with a gentle smile, spoke to Vera that love is not an earthly, but a heavenly feeling. Boris named his new friend Pierre the guests at the table and exchanged glances with Natasha, who was sitting opposite him. Pierre spoke little, looked at new faces and ate a lot. Starting from two soups, from which he chose a la tortue, [turtle,] and kulebyaki and to hazel grouse, he did not miss a single dish and not a single wine, which the butler mysteriously stuck out in a bottle wrapped in a napkin from behind his neighbor’s shoulder, saying or “drey Madeira", or "Hungarian", or "Rhine wine". He placed the first of the four crystal glasses with the count's monogram that stood in front of each device, and drank with pleasure, looking at the guests with an increasingly pleasant expression. Natasha, sitting opposite him, looked at Boris the way thirteen-year-old girls look at a boy with whom they had just kissed for the first time and with whom they are in love. This same look of hers sometimes turned to Pierre, and under the gaze of this funny, lively girl he wanted to laugh himself, not knowing why.
Nikolai sat far from Sonya, next to Julie Karagina, and again with the same involuntary smile he spoke to her. Sonya smiled grandly, but apparently was tormented by jealousy: she turned pale, then blushed and listened with all her might to what Nikolai and Julie were saying to each other. The governess looked around restlessly, as if preparing to fight back if anyone decided to offend the children. The German tutor tried to memorize all kinds of dishes, desserts and wines in order to describe everything in detail in a letter to his family in Germany, and was very offended by the fact that the butler, with a bottle wrapped in a napkin, carried him around. The German frowned, tried to show that he did not want to receive this wine, but was offended because no one wanted to understand that he needed the wine not to quench his thirst, not out of greed, but out of conscientious curiosity.

At the male end of the table the conversation became more and more animated. The colonel said that the manifesto declaring war had already been published in St. Petersburg and that the copy that he himself had seen had now been delivered by courier to the commander-in-chief.
- And why is it difficult for us to fight Bonaparte? - said Shinshin. – II a deja rabattu le caquet a l "Autriche. Je crins, que cette fois ce ne soit notre tour. [He has already knocked down the arrogance of Austria. I am afraid that our turn would not come now.]
The colonel was a stocky, tall and sanguine German, obviously a servant and a patriot. He was offended by Shinshin's words.
“And then, we are a good sovereign,” he said, pronouncing e instead of e and ъ instead of ь. - Then, that the emperor knows this. He said in the manifesto that he can look indifferent to dangers, threatening Russia“, and that the safety of the empire, its dignity and the sanctity of unions,” he said, for some reason especially emphasizing the word “unions,” as if this was the whole essence of the matter.
And with his characteristic infallible, official memory, he repeated the opening words of the manifesto... “and the desire, the sole and indispensable goal of the sovereign: to establish peace in Europe on solid foundations - they decided to send part of the army abroad and make new efforts to achieve this intention “.
“That’s why, we are a good sovereign,” he concluded, edifyingly drinking a glass of wine and looking back at the count for encouragement.
– Connaissez vous le proverbe: [You know the proverb:] “Erema, Erema, you should sit at home, sharpen your spindles,” said Shinshin, wincing and smiling. – Cela nous convient a merveille. [This comes in handy for us.] Why Suvorov - they chopped him up, a plate couture, [on his head,] and where are our Suvorovs now? Je vous demande un peu, [I ask you,] - he said, constantly jumping from Russian to French.
“We must fight until the last drop of blood,” said the colonel, hitting the table, “and die for our emperor, and then everything will be fine.” And to argue as much as possible (he especially drew out his voice on the word “possible”), as little as possible,” he finished, again turning to the count. “That’s how we judge the old hussars, that’s all.” How do you judge, young man and young hussar? - he added, turning to Nikolai, who, having heard that it was about war, left his interlocutor and looked with all his eyes and listened with all his ears to the colonel.
“I completely agree with you,” answered Nikolai, all flushed, spinning the plate and rearranging the glasses with such a decisive and desperate look, as if at the moment he was exposed to great danger, “I am convinced that the Russians must die or win,” he said. himself feeling the same way as others, after the word had already been said, that it was too enthusiastic and pompous for the present occasion and therefore awkward.
“C"est bien beau ce que vous venez de dire, [Wonderful! What you said is wonderful],” said Julie, who was sitting next to him, sighing. Sonya trembled all over and blushed to the ears, behind the ears and to the neck and shoulders, in While Nikolai was speaking, Pierre listened to the colonel’s speeches and nodded his head approvingly.
“That’s nice,” he said.
“A real hussar, young man,” shouted the colonel, hitting the table again.
-What are you making noise about there? – Marya Dmitrievna’s bass voice was suddenly heard across the table. - Why are you knocking on the table? - she turned to the hussar, - who are you getting excited about? right, you think that the French are in front of you?
“I’m telling the truth,” said the hussar, smiling.
“Everything about the war,” the count shouted across the table. - After all, my son is coming, Marya Dmitrievna, my son is coming.
- And I have four sons in the army, but I don’t bother. Everything is God’s will: you will die lying on the stove, and in battle God will have mercy,” Marya Dmitrievna’s thick voice sounded without any effort from the other end of the table.
- This is true.
And the conversation focused again - the ladies at their end of the table, the men at his.
“But you won’t ask,” said the little brother to Natasha, “but you won’t ask!”
“I’ll ask,” Natasha answered.
Her face suddenly flushed, expressing desperate and cheerful determination. She stood up, inviting Pierre, who was sitting opposite her, to listen, and turned to her mother:
- Mother! – her childish, chesty voice sounded across the table.
- What do you want? – the countess asked in fear, but, seeing from her daughter’s face that it was a prank, she sternly waved her hand, making a threatening and negative gesture with her head.

Our world is so created that from time to time generations of rebels arise in it, who reject the usual social institutions and live by their own rules and norms.

The most prominent among them have been hippies for many decades. Of all the youth subcultures, this movement is considered the most peaceful and most durable, which has not lost its popularity today. Who are hippies? What beliefs do they have and how do they become them?

What does the word "hippie" mean?

Term "hippie" associated with a derivative of colloquial English word hip, which means "knowledgeable, aware of events" . The concept first appeared in 1902 in cartoons American artist Tad Dorgan, and two years later - in the novel by writer George Vere Hobart.

In 1944, the term was coined and began to be widely used by jazz musicians in Harlem. Over time, the word was transformed into "hippie" and began to be used to refer to young people who took part in nightlife American beatniks.

The movement itself emerged from American beat culture in 1965, and the peak of its popularity came in 1967, when the world heard unofficial hippie anthems, including the song “She’s Leaving Home” performed by the Beatles.

In those days, hippies preferred to grow their hair long, were interested in Eastern philosophy and meditation, hitchhiked between cities and loved rock and roll.


Despite the fact that in our time the subculture is in decline, in many countries you can still find its representatives and even entire creative associations involved in music and visual arts.

Who are hippies?

Hippies are a subculture and a special philosophy of life based on pacifism, human freedom and spiritual values. Initially, the movement opposed the Puritan morality practiced in certain Protestant churches, and also advocated the return of humanity to its natural beauty through love and condemnation of violence. Subsequently, hippies developed many other views and beliefs that denied the formalities and hierarchy of society.

Representatives of the subculture have their own symbols, their own attributes and other signs of belonging to the movement. In particular, these people are characterized by the use of ethnic motifs in clothing, wearing beaded beads and baubles. The hippie logo is a sign in the form of a combination of the letters D and N (pacific), which today is an international symbol of peace.

The main form of self-organization of the subculture is the so-called communes (dormitories), where members of the movement can live in their own way. Most often they settle in abandoned and uninhabited buildings, as well as in private houses outside the city, away from civilization.

What are the views of hippies?

At the heart of all hippie beliefs is. Representatives of the movement welcome the renunciation of violence and believe that disagreements should be resolved through peaceful means. Hippies do not recognize imposed norms of behavior, but they believe that any changes should occur not in society itself, but, first of all, in the consciousness of each person.

They extol self-development and call reunification with nature the only correct option for the further existence of humanity. Enjoying the natural beauty of our world is the greatest pleasure for hippies. One of their symbols is a flower, which is why representatives of the subculture are often called “children of flowers.”

How do you become a hippie?

Modern hippies believe that a person should always remain free, and to achieve this it is necessary to change their worldview and become more relaxed. To be a real hippie, you need not only to dress in colored clothes and wear baubles, but also to understand and feel the philosophy of this movement.


Most often, hippies are people who accept a universal belief system that is different from the social and political norms of society. Despite the denial of many public institutions, they remain faithful to peace, freedom, love, love nature with all their hearts and try to support environment in its original form.

In the sixties, without warning, hippies turned fashion upside down and inside out. They brought a typhoon of new styles and colors to fashion that had never been seen before. Hippies took fashion from around the world on their psychedelic journey. The rule of sixties fashion was that there are no rules. Everything went as far as possible from the colorless, conservative styles of the early 60s.

Interesting article about hippie times

A very bright and colorful film with Beatles songs about... what? Of course about love;)

Russian title "Around the Universe" English name Across the Universe

Hippies perceived the dominant culture at that time as a corrupt and immoral monolithic structure that, through forceful influence, changes people's lives. What they opposed, the hippies called “System” (in the CIS), “Big Brother” or “Man” (in other countries). Because they were constantly in search of meaning and adhered to a certain philosophy, hippies are sometimes called a religious movement.

The year 1965 was legendary in the history of hippies. At that time, Europe succumbed to the hippie trend and North America, in particular the USA. Already by 1968, hippies constituted a significant minority - 0.2 percent - of the American nation. In 1966, the first points were opened where all representatives of the subculture could receive free food, medical care, housing and join trips. Such places were called free cities, the largest of which - the hippie paradise of free Christiania - was recorded in Holland. The hippie musical culture was a mixture of rock, folk, blues and psychedelic rock. This culture is also reflected in literature, drama and visual arts, including films, posters announcing rock concerts and album covers.

Non-violence was one of the hippies' core values. They did not recognize the framework established by society, considering them one of the main manifestations of pressure for a free person. Due to the philosophy they practiced, many hippies became convinced vegetarians. They meditated for long periods of time, driven either by personal motives or by ingesting LSD or marijuana. The hippies dressed in loose-fitting clothes in bright colors. Their hands were decorated with numerous bracelets, called “baubles” in slang.

Indeed, sometimes they wove flowers into their hair (one of distinctive features of this subculture are long hair), or they gave it to random passers-by or inserted it into the barrel of a firearm, proclaiming their main slogan
“Make love not war.”

Hippie flowers were also depicted on the buses they traveled on everywhere. Entire houses were set up in their trucks or minibuses and moved freely from town to town.

In countries Soviet Union The hippie movement also existed. However, moral departments defined it as the result of a lack of communication with young people and equated it with mass psychosis. This definition included the majority of young people of those times who either decided to preach free-thinking or generally stood out from the general mass in some way.

TO famous representatives Hippie movements include Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and the infamous Charles Manson. In the post-Soviet space, hundreds and thousands of people can be named among fans of the hippie movement, but today Olga Arefieva, Umka, Yuri Morozov, Boris Grebenshchikov and others come to mind.

Appearance hippie The world owes a debt to the Vietnam War, when young people took to the streets and called on everyone to escape violence, not to give in to it, and to “Make love, not war.” It is this slogan that is popular to this day and accurately characterizes this incredibly interesting subculture.

The movement of peace lovers grew every day, they believed that the world can be changed without shedding blood, only the love of people for each other and the whole world can radically change it, it is this that can unite humanity against violence.

Long hair, bright, loose-fitting clothes, countless colorful baubles and a happy look - this is the image of a typical hippie, be it a man or a woman. The main motive of this direction is “freedom in everything” and “love for everything.” The ethnic component of the hippie image indicates that representatives of this trend do not see differences between races and peoples; in their opinion, everyone is one and everyone deserves love, regardless of origin and level in society.

Hippies were the first to challenge the entire society, they destroyed all boundaries and stereotypes, refuted censorship and showed it new life. “Children of flowers” ​​- it is this widespread definition that is firmly entrenched among representatives of the new movement. Hippies promoted love in everything, including nature: they wove flowers into their hair, wore flower crowns, and planted entire greenhouses of beautiful plants. Hippies revealed the colors of the world to society, showing that it was far from gray and prim, as many saw it, but bright, interesting and multifaceted.

Representatives of this subculture for the first time began to explore their own “I” and the path of unity with this world. Hippies believed that the world was beautiful and one should be in harmony with this beauty. This is how many meditation techniques appeared, collected from all over the world. Spiritual practices were especially popular among hippies because by changing the inner layer of the soul, one can achieve freedom and enlightenment. Having united in the so-called “spiritual communities,” hippie people discovered more and more new facets of man.

A complete rejection of any restrictions led to the fact that these people tried everything on themselves, and this often led to irreversible consequences. Exploring my inner world was accompanied by smoking marijuana and using stronger drugs. The world did not yet know about the great harm of such “pampering”. Many representatives died from overdoses.

The accepted restrictions on the institution of marriage were also rejected by freedom-loving hippies, who believed that marriage was not necessary for sex. You can practice whenever you want and with anyone without receiving anyone’s approval except your partner, whom you can also choose as you wish. This led to the beginning of a large-scale sexual revolution. The upside-down idea of ​​the relationship between a man and a woman has greatly shaken the moral foundations of society. Group orgies, promiscuity, and the involvement of minors in their sexual entertainment have led to significant degradation of society. It was at that time that feminist-minded women appeared who did not want to be just an object of a man’s sexual desire, but to have equal rights with him. This marked the beginning of women's feminism.

Hippies were not tied to home; they traveled all over the world, studying and getting to know it and themselves. The freedom they proclaimed was manifested in everything: they did not visit educational institutions, easily moved from place to place, made new acquaintances with their own kind and carried their culture to the masses. The hippies' favorite way to spend time was gatherings, accompanied by conversations, listening to music, and dancing. The “flower children” paid great attention to the self-realization and creativity of each of them.

Despite the fact that the popularity of hippies is far in the past, this subculture literally blew up the world and left behind many principles that have become firmly established in our lives, which are still relevant and have many followers.

The material was prepared by Serezhina Ekaterina.