The Role Of Individualism In The 1950's

During the 1950s, experimentation became significant and individualism, a virtue. These ideas were once frowned upon during the olden days until this movement was set in motion through a series of cultural shocks. One event was the Great War. Cultural Pessimism arose and people began to question basic traditional values. Movements through the arts were one of the most prominent forms of defiance during the time. After the First World War, the second war took place and the idea that offered pessimistic descriptions of the endless struggle between humanity’s deep irrational drives and civilized moral continued to dominate America. Critics have reconsidered the features of the 1950s as an era of optimism, uniformity, and harmony, referring to