Follow Your Heart and Nothing Else: Thoughts on the Religious Anarcho-Primitivist Message of Lynyrd Skynyrd

Anthony Fiscella

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Abstract

This article maintains that the well-known Souther Rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd has a long-neglected religious anarcho- primitivist message in their lyrics. By neglecting the state, celebrating simple living, and advocating the individual conscience as the highest moral authority, the band's theological-political stance seems to approximate the anarcho-primitivst teachings of the Dao de Jing.
Original languageEnglish
Pages1-7
No.16
Specialist publicationRIT: Religionsvetenskaplig Internettidskrift
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Bibliographical note

The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015.
The record was previously connected to the following departments: Centre for Theology and Religious Studies (015017000)

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • History of Religions

Free keywords

  • Anarchism
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • Primitivism
  • Southern Rock
  • Taoism
  • Daoism

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