作者： Laurence Cox
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摘要: Conventional accounts of "new social movements", "the Sixties", green parties, alternative economy", and some contemporary subcultures often accept the existence connections between at least these developments, but without making attempt to analyse them as parts a single historical process or aspects more complex formation. It may be possible overcome (theoretical, methodological, disciplinary) isolation subjects from one another in terms concept counter culture which attempts locate within total life-worlds participants. This means treating cultures historically developed complexes institutions practices, structures meaning, forms consciousness modes organisation everyday life. This also makes it distinguish networks are deeply involved this cultural totality, those essentially oriented towards dominant receptive isolated practices meanings. The argument is illustrated relation developments (West) Germany since 1960s. A approach social-structural specificities genesis opening up "free spaces", variety contexts where determining effects power work on ideas particularly weak. argued that represents greater closeness lived experience who become than traditional explanations movements" class origin destination. situation offers unusual scope for working-out logics (socio-cultural) process: emphasise above all language" reflexivity autonomy. relates central role skills knowledge culture. These internal however, lead conflict, sociopolitical / sociocultural lines, with institutions. Counter then not simply coherent sets oppositional subcultures, represent sustained challenge over directions societal self-production, themselves structured by conflict. thus bears analogies Marxian "class itself" EP Thompson Raymond Williams culture. discuss both "political" "cultural" challenge, arbitrarily privileging either. The conclusion identifies issues research Irish context, discusses implications analysis.