Talk:Consciousness Revolution

American High
The American High (Television) link leads to a page about the TV show, not the cultural period. Perhaps someone could write a page about this and change the link? Vneiomazza 8 July 2005 17:48 (UTC)

Link fixed--An Extropian 17:18, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but the "American High" was not the same as the "Jazz Age" (which was, more properly, equivalent to the "Unraveling Period" before the "Crisis Period" of 1929-1945 (Great Depression and WWII)); what Strauss and Howe were referring to as a "High" was the years of prosperity, stability, and good feeling after the war and before the Consciousness Revolution (1945-1965), the time most of the Baby Boomers were being born and/or in their childhoods/teens. Shanoman (talk) 09:11, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion
This article is really awful. Do ANYONE but Strauss and Howe talk about a "consciousness revolution"? This is a BUZZWORD created by TWO authors; it does NOT, therefore, merit an encyclopedia entry. It lacks sources, citations, and credibility. I'm sorry but this is just unacceptable. --Dylanfly 15:57, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

If not a DELETE, then a MERGE
If this thing is to be kept at all, it needs to be pared down and merged with the Strauss and Howe gobbledygook. --Dylanfly 14:46, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

What's so bad about this?
Yes, I understand that Strauss and Howe may not be "gods", or even uncontroversial authorities in the social science academic establishment. They do, however, have a significant following in the popular culture, and used to have quite a presence here on Wikipedia. Since Wikipedia is home of multitudes of articles on even minor pop stars, celebs, athletes, music genres, etc., why not have a place for Strauss and Howe "gobbledygook"? Besides, they are hardly the only ones who have referred to the 1960s/70s era as being some kind of consciousness raising or major cultural change/realignment; haven't you ever heard of the "New Age" (which by the way, it seems safe to say that Strauss and Howe are basically not affiliated with), but do you get my drift? Shanoman (talk) 09:20, 11 October 2008 (UTC)