Estonian anthropologist and filmmaker Terje Toomistu will present a talk at Night of Ideas on May 21 at 10:30 PM at the Brooklyn Public Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY
It is a free event, but you need to register at https://nightofideas.org/new-york/
NIGHT OF IDEAS is A FREE LATE-NIGHT EVENT featuring top public intellectuals and performers from the U.S., France and around the world, Night of Ideas is copresented by Villa Albertine and Brooklyn Public Library.
Terje Toomistu’s topic is: “The Hippie Quest For Freedom: Lessons from the Soviet Hippie Movement.”
“It’s better to step into shit than into politics,” was a popular saying among the Soviet hippies – a rich underground movement that lasted through decades since the heydays of the Western hippies. The Soviet hippies were politicized soon after their emergence, followed by harsh persecutions, which led to growing escapism among the hippies and the desire to create an alternative world altogether. Toomistu will give an overview of the Soviet hippie movement through the lens of its protest culture, raising important questions on the link between repression, responsibility, protest, and escapism, leading into a discussion with the audience on how these ideas resonate with today’s struggle to combat the pandemic against the backdrop of the quests for freedom.
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