Politics of Ecstasy - Couverture souple

Leary, Timothy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 091417133X ISBN 13 : 9780914171331

Editeur : Ronin Publishing, 1990

Synopsis

Book by Leary Timothy

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Michael Horowitz The Politics of Ecstasy was originally published in 1968 that turbulent year that registered the assassinations of King and Kennedy, the escalation of the carnage in Vietnam and the anti-war protests in American cities, violent confrontations between police and students in Paris, Prague and Chicago, the demise of the Haight-A shbury and the radicalization of hippies, the rise of the Youth International Party, and the beginning of the Nixon regime. The same year saw the publication of Timothy Leary sfirst books from mainstream publishers: High Priest and The Politics of Ecstasy. In 1968 Leary and his family moved from Millbrook, New York to Laguna Beach, California. He was planning to challenge Ronald Reagan in the next gubernatorial campaign, but six months before Election Day, 1970, he found himself in prison on drug charges facing thirty years incarceration for miniscule amounts of marijuana. In sentencing Leary and denying bail while he appealed the charges, an Orange County judge indicated the real reason for the absurdly long sentence by holding aloft in his courtroom copies of publications containing articles published in this book. The Politics of Ecstasy is a collection of some of Leary smost significant essays and lectures on psychedelic drug eq)erience and the social and political changes that rang in its wake. A bout three-quarters of the chapters had previously been published in magazines, journals and underground newspapers, sometimes with variant tide and text; the remainder were written expressly for the book. The present edition is augmented with graphics from the print media of that lively era.
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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Ronin Publishing
• Date d'édition: 1990
• ISBN 10: 091417133X
• ISBN 13: 9780914171331
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384