Timothy Leary: A Biography â The Controversial Harvard Psychologist and Counterculture Shaman Who Changed Postwar America

Greenfield, Robert

ISBN 10: 0156032066 / ISBN 13: 9780156032063

Published by Mariner Books, 2007

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Synopsis:

To a generation in full revolt against any form of authority, "Tune in, turn on, drop out" became a mantra, and its populariser, Dr. Timothy Leary, a guru. A charismatic and brilliant psychologist, Leary became first intrigued and then obsessed by the effects of psychedelic drugs in the 1960s while teaching at Harvard, where he not only encouraged but instituted their experimental use among students and faculty. What began as research into human consciousness turned into a mission to alter consciousness itself. Leary transformed himself from serious social scientist into counterculture shaman, embodying the idealism and the hedonism of an age of revolutionary change."Timothy Leary" is the first major biography of one of the most controversial figures in post war America.

About the Author:

ROBERT GREENFIELD is the author of a biography of Jerry Garcia and a book about rock impresario Bill Graham, which won a Ralph J. Gleason Award and the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Excellence. He lives in California.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Timothy Leary: A Biography â The ...
Publisher: Mariner Books
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: good