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 8 - Lifelong Community
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 8 examines the ethics of community – a dominant value of the hippie movement – and points to the differences between the people who live at The Farm and those who left it. Notwithstanding, this chapter reveals the power of what may be described as the cement of powerful shared experiences in early life in forming a lifelong bond that remains stable and offers a strong psychological sense of community regardless of physical distance and frequency of contact. This chapter also highlights the challenges of community life and examines them vis-à-vis perceived advantages.
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- The Aging of AquariusThe Hippies of the 60s in Their 60s and Beyond, pp. 182 - 210Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022