The Philosophy of the Beats

Originating from underworld slang-the domain of hustlers, drug addicts, and petty thieves-the term "Beat" was short for "beaten down" or downtrodden. To writer Jack Kerouac it symbolized being at the bottom of society's hierarchy and looking up. Kerouac introduced the phrase "Beat Generation" in 1948 to characterize the underground, anti-conformist youth gathering in New York City at that time. The Beat Generation consisted of writers, artists, and activists, and they became a uniquely American

Author: Sharin N. Elkholy
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 04/27/2012
Pages: 300
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780813135809

About the Author

Sharin N. Elkholy is an assistant professor at the University of Houston-Downtown. She is the author of Heidegger and a Metaphysics of Feeling: Angst and the Finitude of Being. She lives in Houston, TX.

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