Media and Facism: From World War II to the Psychedelic Sixties

The Human Be-In of 1967 is often seen as the beginning of the counter-culture movement. But Fred Turner of Stanford argues that it is the endpoint of an American assault on Fascism with roots going back to the work of Margaret Mead and the artists of Chicago’s New Bauhaus. "The Democratic Surround: Multimedia and American Liberalism from World War II to the Psychedelic Sixties" charts this surprising trajectory and its connections to mass media, collective experiences, and forms of democratic citizenship – providing essential context for understanding our current digital age.

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