![]() Gilles Pierroux said “Rarely has an artistic movement corresponded so amazingly with the social shock of which it is contemporary. The famous “do it yourself” associated with them, more than just being a stylistic signature, is the symbol of these political demonstrations and societal reflections. To put it simply, the punk movement wants to create a society where human beings are as free as possible by opposing all forms of authority. They question the place of the individual and his or her freedoms in the society in which they grow up, making freedom of expression and thinking for oneself the centre of their philosophy. The main ideologies and political contestations of the movement have their origins in this feeling of exclusion: anarchism, individualism, existentialism, anti-capitalism, anti-authoritarianism, or anti-racism. The famous slogan “No future” is a perfect illustration of the image they have of society. These are people who have been deeply affected by economic crises, mass unemployment and have been lulled by images of wars on television. ![]() The movement attracted, at least in its origins, people who did not feel they belonged in society, but did not seek to escape from it. Indeed, like many movements, the punks were born out of contestation of the established order and in opposition to the previous movement. More than just a musical trend, punk was to develop into an important social and artistic movement: “punkitude” came to shake up society and propose an alternative to the solutions, considered too utopian, proposed by the hippies. ![]() The punk movement, which took root in England, expresses the period between 19 when a real craze for more aggressive rock bands appeared, sailing on a dark inspiration fuelled by the climate of economic crises, wars and attacks on European soil.
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