Die at the Right Time!: A Subjective Cultural History of the American Sixties - Softcover

Luft, Eric V. D., Ph.D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0965517926 ISBN 13: 9780965517928

Publisher: Gegensatz Pr, 2009

Synopsis

"Leftist culture-vulture and philosopher Eric v.d.Luft takes us on a season-by-season romp through the pop culture of that glorious and earth- shattering decade, reliving and analyzing the music, films, books, TV, and sports. Whether you actually lived through the era — as I did — or wished you had, this book will help you understand all the critical connections between the pop culture of the time and the history that was being made in Vietnam and in the streets. Die at the Right Time! will live on my bookshelf as an indispensable reference." — Mark Rudd, leader of the 1968 student takeover of Columbia University

About this title

About the Author:

Eric v.d. Luft, Ph.D., a teacher of philosophy, religion, and history, was a ten-year-old sixth-grader when President John F. Kennedy was murdered on November 22, 1963. Die at the Right Time! is the story of the cultural, political, aesthetic, and sociological development he shared nationwide with his rebellious peers from that point until the early seventies. He remains an unreconstructed, unrepentant, and uncompromised believer that the best thing he ever did was to work against the Vietnam War. Die at the Right Time! shows the leftist ideals of the sixties as he experienced them.

From the Inside Flap:

"In the sixties the cultural front lines were an exhausting place to be.Sometimes I think I was too close to it all to have an effective overview.Eric v.d. Luft’s Die at the Right Time! is a smart, keenly insightful guided tour of the intricate subtleties and nuances of that explosive period." — Michael Tearson, WXPN DJ, 1967-1970; WMMR Music Director, 1970-1976

About this edition

• Publisher: Gegensatz Pr
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0965517926
• ISBN 13: 9780965517928
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 536