Have been meaning to write something about this. I loved the From Hell graphic novel. What do you think the Hawksmoor conspiracy theories reveal about 1970s/80s Britain?
I would say they reflected the darker, more paranoid turn the counterculture took from about ‘73 onwards, as the wider culture grew more cynical and conservative. Although they also fit very snugly into the long tradition of counter-enlightenment and romanticism. Asserting place, magic, occult forces, the errors of rationalism etc.
Have been meaning to write something about this. I loved the From Hell graphic novel. What do you think the Hawksmoor conspiracy theories reveal about 1970s/80s Britain?
I would say they reflected the darker, more paranoid turn the counterculture took from about ‘73 onwards, as the wider culture grew more cynical and conservative. Although they also fit very snugly into the long tradition of counter-enlightenment and romanticism. Asserting place, magic, occult forces, the errors of rationalism etc.