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Short Stuff: Flower Power

2024/10/2
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Josh: 艾伦·金斯堡的建议是‘花之力’运动的起源,他提倡用非对抗性的方式,例如鲜花、玩具等视觉奇观,来对抗战争和暴力,改变冲突的基调。伯克利学生的反战抗议成功,促进了‘花之力’运动的发展,并将其目标转向越战。1967年五角大楼的和平抗议,以及乔治·哈里斯将雏菊插进枪管的照片,成为‘花之力’运动的标志性事件,象征着和平抗议和反战精神。 Chuck: 在旧金山,‘花之力’运动逐渐演变为一种文化现象,而非单纯的政治抗议。它被商业化,成为一种时尚潮流,逐渐偏离了其最初的政治意义。一些人对‘花之力’运动的商业化感到失望,并为此举行了‘葬礼’,象征着对运动被扭曲的抗议。Scott McKenzie的歌曲《旧金山》促进了‘花之力’运动在主流美国的传播。乔治·哈里斯将雏菊插进枪管的照片是‘花之力’运动的标志性事件,体现了当时年轻人的勇气和反战决心。

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Flower power originated in 1965 with Allen Ginsberg advising Berkeley students on protests. He suggested using flowers, toys, and music to create a "visual spectacle" and subvert the psychology of war. This approach was successful at Berkeley and later adopted in anti-war protests, culminating in the iconic 1967 march on the Pentagon photo of a young man placing a flower in a soldier's gun.
  • Allen Ginsberg advised Berkeley students to use flowers and toys in protests.
  • Flower power aimed to subvert the psychology of war with whimsical tactics.
  • An iconic photo from the 1967 march on the Pentagon cemented flower power's image.

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What we equate with acid, hippies, and garish polyester prints actually began as a theatrical way of protesting bans on free speech and the Vietnam War. When the hippies got hold of it, it definitely transformed.

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