counter movements

(noun)

Counter-hegemony refers to attempts to critique or dismantle hegemonic power. In other words, it is a confrontation and/or opposition to the existing status quo and the legitimacy of that status quo in politics. This can also be observed in various other spheres of life, such as history, media, music, etc.

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Examples of counter movements in the following topics:

  • Introduction

    • Social movements do not have to be formally organized.
    • A distinction is drawn between social movements and social movement organizations (SMOs).
    • A social movement organization is a formally organized component of a social movement.
    • It is also interesting to note that social movements can spawn counter movements.
    • For instance, the women's movement of the 1960s and 1970s resulted in a number of counter movements that attempted to block the goals of the women's movement, many of which were reform movements within conservative religions.

  • Social Movements

    • These movements do not have to be formally organized to be considered social movements.
    • A social movement organization is a formally organized component of a social movement.
    • It is interesting to note that social movements can spawn counter movements.
    • For instance, the women's movement of the 1960s and 1970s resulted in a number of counter movements that attempted to block the goals of the women's movement.
    • Discover the difference between social movements and social movement organizations, as well as the four areas social movements operate within

  • Cult

    • Cult refers to a religious movement or group whose beliefs or practices are considered abnormal or bizarre.
    • The Christian counter-cult movement is a social movement of Christian ministries and individual Christian counter-cult activists who oppose religious sects thought to either partially or entirely fail to abide by the teachings of the Bible.
    • The word "cult" in current popular usage usually refers to a new religious movement or other group whose beliefs or practices are considered abnormal or bizarre.
    • Secular cult opponents like those belonging to the anti-cult movement tend to define a cult as a group that tends to manipulate, exploit, and control its members.
    • Their motivations, the roles they play in the anti-cult movement, the validity of their testimony, and the narratives they construct, are controversial.

  • Mannerism and the Counter-Reformation

    • These decrees included short passages concerning religious images that had significant impact on the development of Catholic art during the Counter-Reformation.
    • The reforms that resulted from this council are what set the basis for Counter-Reformation art.
    • The Last Judgment was an object of dispute between critics within the Catholic Counter-Reformation and those who appreciated the genius of the artist and the Mannerist style of the painting.
    • Scipione Pulzone's Lamentation, a pious depiction of the Crucifixion, embodied a typical Counter-Reformation work.
    • Distinguish the artistic ideal of the Counter-Reformation from Mannerism and the art of the Reformation in Northern Europe

  • The Bhakti Movement

    • The Bhakti Movement resulted in a mass of devotional literature, music, and art that gave India renewed spiritual impetus.
    • The Bhakti movement is a Hindu religious movement in which the main spiritual practice is loving devotion among the Shaivite and Vaishnava saints.
    • The Bhakti movement also countered the prevalent caste ideology which was dividing Hinduism.
    • The movement was spontaneous and the mystics had their own versions of devotional expression.
    • Generally a liberal movement, its denouncement of caste offered recourse for Hindus from the orthodox Brahaminical systems.

  • Countercultures

    • Counterculture is a term describing the values and norms of a cultural group that run counter to those of the social mainstream of the day.
    • Counterculture is a sociological term used to describe the values and norms of behavior of a cultural group, or subculture, that run counter to those of the social mainstream of the day, the cultural equivalent of political opposition.
    • The counterculture in the United States lasted from roughly 1964 to 1973 — coinciding with America's involvement in Vietnam — and reached its peak in 1967, the "Summer of Love. " The movement divided the country: to some Americans, these attributes reflected American ideals of free speech, equality, world peace, and the pursuit of happiness; to others, the same attributes reflected a self-indulgent, pointlessly rebellious, unpatriotic, and destructive assault on America's traditional moral order.
    • Apply the concept of counterculture to the rise and collapse of the US Hippie movement

  • Romanticism

    • Romanticism was an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century.
    • In most areas the movement was at its peak in the approximate period from 1800 CE to 1840 CE.
    • Though influenced by other artistic and intellectual movements, the ideologies and events of the French Revolution created the primary context from which both Romanticism and the Counter-Enlightenment emerged.
    • This proto-romantic movement was centered on literature and music, but also influenced the visual arts.
    • The movement emphasized individual subjectivity.

  • Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Movement

    • The Civil Rights Movement aimed to outlaw racial discrimination against black Americans, particularly in the South.
    • The African American Civil Rights Movement refers to the social movements in the United States aimed at outlawing racial discrimination against black Americans and restoring voting rights to them.
    • The Civil Rights Movement generally lasted from 1955 to 1968 and was particularly focused in the American South.
    • This mass action approach typified the movement from 1960 to 1968.
    • Civil Rights Movement.

  • Examples of Social Movements

  • Sit-Ins and Freedom Rides

    • During the sit-in movement of the 1960s, students and other civil rights activists would "sit-in" at whites-only locations.
    • Following store policy, the lunch counter staff refused to serve the African American men at the "whites only" counter, and the store's manager asked them to leave.
    • The lunch counter staff continued to refuse service.
    • The successful six-month-long Greensboro sit-in initiated the student phase of the African American civil rights movement and, within two months, the sit-in movement had spread to 54 cities in nine states.
    • Though Freedom Summer failed to register many voters, it significantly effected the course of the Civil Rights Movement.