| Timothy Leary: A Biography Contributor(s): Greenfield, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156032066 ISBN-13: 9780156032063 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $38.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2007 Annotation: To a generation in full revolt against any form of authority, "Tune in, turn on, drop out" became a mantra, and Dr. Timothy Leary, a guru. This is one of the first major biographies of the controversial psychologist-turned-counterculture shaman. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Social Scientists & Psychologists - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.18" H x 6.62" W x 8.96" (1.80 lbs) 704 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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| Publisher Description: To a generation in full revolt against any form of authority, Tune in, turn on, drop out became a mantra, and its popularizer, Dr. Timothy Leary, a guru. A charismatic and brilliant psychologist, Leary became first intrigued and then obsessed by the effects of psychedelic drugs in the 1960s while teaching at Harvard, where he not only encouraged but instituted their experimental use among students and faculty. What began as research into human consciousness turned into a mission to alter consciousness itself. Leary transformed himself from serious social scientist into counterculture shaman, embodying the idealism and the hedonism of an age of revolutionary change. Timothy Leary is the first major biography of one of the most controversial figures in postwar America. |
Contributor Bio(s): Greenfield, Robert: - ROBERT GREENFIELD is the author of a biography of Jerry Garcia and a book about rock impresario Bill Graham, which won a Ralph J. Gleason Award and the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Excellence. He lives in California. |