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Timothy Leary
A Biography
Robert Greenfield
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Synopsis |
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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.
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Praise |
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a real page-turner, Greenfield’s corners
Booklist,4/15/2006
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Biography |
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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.
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General Subjects |
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Biography & Autobiography- Social Scientists & Psychologists
Biography & Autobiography- General
History- United States/20th Century
History- Social History
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Academic Disciplines & Course Studies |
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Social Sciences- History-American
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Harvest Books
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