contents

　　 introduction………………………………………………………………1

　　 common historical background……………………………………1

　　 international………………………………………………………1

　　 national…………………………………………………………1

　　 common beliefs of beats and rockers……………………………2

　　 rebellion against conventions……………………………………2

　　 beats in literature………………………………………………2

　　 rockers in music circles………………………………………3

　　 ideologies in between……………………………………………4

　　 beatniks were fed up with their government about

　　 the explanations of why things happened……………………4

　　 their same destiny……………………………………………4

　　 beat culture and rock culture were not accepted by

　　 both capitalist and socialist ideologies………………………5

　　 belief in oriental religion…………………………………………5

　　 beatniks study on chinese buddhism…………………………6

　　 rockers belief in indian buddhism……………………………6

　　 identical lifestyles………………………………………………6共2页，当前第1页 12

　　 bohemian…………………………………………………………7

　　 beats…………………………………………………………7

　　 rockers………………………………………………………7

　　 madness…………………………………………………………8

　　 the beats regarded modern american life as cruel, selfish,

　　 and impersonal that writers and artists were being driven

　　 to madness……………………………………………………8

　　 rockers were mad enough to drive rockniks crazy on

　　 rock circus spot………………………………………………9

　　 self-indulgent……………………………………………………9

　　 drugs…………………………………………………………9

　　 homosexual…………………………………………………10

　　 4. the same conduct……………………………………………………10

　　 beats of satan and angles………………………………………10

　　 rockers' conduct of the two sides………………………………11

　　 conclusion………………………………………………………………13