The Permissive Society

America, 1941-1965

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

Av Alan Petigny, Alan (University of Florida) Petigny, Alan Cecil Petigny

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In contrast to those who see the 1950s as essentially a conservative period, and who view the 1960s as a time of rapid moral change, The Permissive Society points to the emergence of a liberalizing impulse during the Truman and Eisenhower years. The book shows how, during the 1950s, a traditionalist moral framework was beginning to give way to a less authoritarian approach to moral issues as demonstrated by a more relaxed style of child-rearing, the rising status of women both inside and outside the home, the increasing reluctance of Americans to regard alcoholism as a sin, loosening sexual attitudes, the increasing influence of modern psychology, and, correspondingly, the declining influence of religion in the personal lives of most Americans.

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Utgivningsdatum2009-08-10
Mått152 x 228 x 17 mm
Vikt410 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor304
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9780521757225

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Alan Petigny, the son of West Indian immigrants, is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Florida. He graduated with honors from the University of South Florida and received his master's and doctorate from Brown University. Prior to becoming an academic, Petigny worked as a policy analyst for the U.S. Congress' Joint Economic Committee. He was also an award-winning reporter for a public radio station based in Tampa, Florida, contributing material to both Florida Public Radio and NPR.

Introduction: rising expectations and the challenge from World War II; 1. Psychology: Benjamin Spock, Carl Rogers, and the liberalizing impulse in the 1950s; 2. Religion: ballrooms, bingo, blue laws and Billy Graham - piety and secularization in 1950s America; 3. Sex: Ingrid Bergman, Elizabeth Taylor and the sexual revolution in the postwar period; 4. Women: the rising status of women in the age of Eisenhower; 5. The youth culture: rock 'n roll, blue jeans, and the myth of opposition; 6. From original sin to self actualization: Jackson Pollock, Charlie Parker, and new notions of identity in postwar America; 7. Denouement: the normative lag and the role of religion in the transformation of American culture.

'Alan Petigny has pulled back the camera to project a wider angle on a series of dramatic changes generally associated with the 1960s. From the sexual revolution to the decline of faith, Petigny illustrates the slow evolution of values that permeated American culture from World War II to the 1970s and that shape the world we live in today. In doing so, The Permissive Society emphasizes the crucial role played by psychology and the 'therapeutic ethos.' Petigny also reminds us of the often-neglected role of adults - not just youth culture - in driving the changes that produced a cultural revolution.' Brian Balogh, University of Virginia and author of A Government Out of Sight