... the sixties, or big like the 'Western Culture,' which describes the Western way of life through the twentieth century. Mainstream culture is the attitudes, values and practices that are established in Western countries. The counter-culture of the sixties, as described by Marwick, is something that counter's or significantly modifies, what had been prior to 1958, the 'mainstream' (or dominant) features of Western culture. Marwick suggests that in the Sixties the mainstream culture included, almost other things; a rigid social hierarchy, subordination of women to men and children to parents, repressed attitudes to sex, respect for authority and complacency over technological advancement. Therefore we can identify counter-culture in the sixties as something that is opposed to or trying to challenge some part of sixties mainstream culture in some way. I am going to look briefly at history of science and religion to see if any counter-cultural movements can be identified, to begin ...

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