Theodore Roszak popularized the term “counterculture” in 1969 with is book, The Making of a Counter Culture. He returns to the subject 40 years later with The Making of an Elder Culture, which examines the way the countercultureal values of an “audacious generation” is shaping an elder-dominated society.

“What boomers left undone in their youth they will take up in their maturity, if for no other reason that they want to make old age interesting,” Roszak writes. “Just as the Dutch have won land back from the sea, we have won years back from death. That gives us the grand project of building a culture that is morally remarkable.”

Second Journey, a North Carolina nonprofit, is making the first three chapters of Roszak’s book available for download.

Second Journey on Oct. 22 is also presenting an online discussion with Roszak, in conversation with Sara Davidson, author of LEAP! What Will We Do with the Rest of Our Lives? and Second Journey’s John G. Sullivan. Register here.

Second Journey suggests a donation of $25-$50 for the webinar, which it is presenting in partnership with the “Creating Aging Friendly Communities” initiative of Community Strengths and UC Berkeley’s Center for the Advanced Study of Aging Services.