Posted on 25/09/04
Kicking against the counterculture
The Rebel Sell:Why the Culture Can't Be Jammed By Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter HarperCollins, 358 pages, $29.95Shave your mohawk, stub out your joint and mothball your AdBusters Black Spot Sneakers. According to the authors of The Rebel Sell, present-day hippies, punks and anti-globalization protesters have replaced the hard work of fostering long-lasting progressive change with world-changing platitudes. The counterculture is not just a failure, but a harmful illusion.
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