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That is why the members of the beat generation proudly assume the title of the holy barbarians ; ;

they will destroy the shrines, temples, museums, and churches of the state that is the implacable enemy of the life they believe in.

Apart from the categorical imperative they derive from the metaphysics of the orgasm, the only affirmation they are capable of making is that art is their only refuge.

Their writing, born of their experiments in marijuana and untrammeled sexuality, reflects the extremity of their existential alienation.

The mind has betrayed them, reason is the foe of life ; ;

they will trust only their physical sensations, the wisdom of the body, the holy promptings of the unconscious.

With lyrical intensity they reveal what they hate, but their faith in love, inspired by the revolutionary rhythms of jazz, culminates in the climax of the orgasm.

Their work mirrors the mentality of the psychopath, rootless and irresponsible.

Their rebellion against authoritarian society is not far removed from the violence of revolt characteristic of the juvenile delinquent.